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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

単たん調ちょう

N1
たんちょう tanchou
  1. monotony
  2. monotone
  3. dullness
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

单调

Examples

  • この話はなしはちょっと単たん調ちょうだ。
    This story is rather monotonous.
    这个故事有点单调。
  • 小ちいさな村むらでは生せい活かつはひどく単たん調ちょうです。
    Life is very flat in a small village.
    小村庄的生活非常单调。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b0f4698e45'); // 単調
{
  "id": "b0f4698e45",
  "word": "単調",
  "reading": "たんちょう",
  "romaji": "tanchou",
  "meanings": [
    "monotony",
    "monotone",
    "dullness"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1417760,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "この話はちょっと単調だ。",
      "furigana": "この{話|はなし}はちょっと{単調|たんちょう}だ。",
      "en": "This story is rather monotonous.",
      "tatoeba_id": 219136
    },
    {
      "ja": "小さな村では生活はひどく単調です。",
      "furigana": "{小|ちい}さな{村|むら}では{生活|せいかつ}はひどく{単調|たんちょう}です。",
      "en": "Life is very flat in a small village.",
      "tatoeba_id": 146995
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "a526c812e04298c565fcd9b65a1b67db3331ab1844247eea0896a3d9a36b70d9",
    "meanings": [
      "单调"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "この話はちょっと単調だ。",
        "zh": "这个故事有点单调。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "小さな村では生活はひどく単調です。",
        "zh": "小村庄的生活非常单调。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/b0f4698e45",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1417760; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "f6239fe4ffecf44c1012998a102570a81d967e3843fdda94b68c25c2dbb3fc9e"
  }
}