小遣い
N2こづかい kozukai
- personal expenses
- pocket money
- spending money
- incidental expenses
- allowance
noun
Chinese meanings
零花钱
Examples
- つまらないものに小遣いを使うな。Don't waste your allowance on useless things.别把零花钱花在无聊的东西上。
- 小遣いの増額を父に掛け合った。I approached my father about an increase in allowance.我向父亲争取增加零花钱。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6a80a317f3'); // 小遣い
{
"id": "6a80a317f3",
"word": "小遣い",
"reading": "こづかい",
"romaji": "kozukai",
"meanings": [
"personal expenses",
"pocket money",
"spending money",
"incidental expenses",
"allowance"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1348030,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "つまらないものに小遣いを使うな。",
"furigana": "つまらないものに{小遣|こづか}いを{使|つか}うな。",
"en": "Don't waste your allowance on useless things.",
"tatoeba_id": 202544
},
{
"ja": "小遣いの増額を父に掛け合った。",
"furigana": "{小遣|こづか}いの{増額|ぞうがく}を{父|ちち}に{掛|か}け{合|あ}った。",
"en": "I approached my father about an increase in allowance.",
"tatoeba_id": 146965
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "e827aae671cec77f153c7f6b6199ba507b8e663425739c22ba7ca8af243ed345",
"meanings": [
"零花钱"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "つまらないものに小遣いを使うな。",
"zh": "别把零花钱花在无聊的东西上。"
},
{
"ja": "小遣いの増額を父に掛け合った。",
"zh": "我向父亲争取增加零花钱。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/6a80a317f3",
"JMdict ent_seq 1348030; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "206c272fb301a8a37ffc1009fb1e706498292fc4f7ca9df86b0e58ee1dcb17ba"
}
}