尤も
N3もっとも mottomo
- quite right
- plausible
- natural
- but then
- although
conjunction
Chinese meanings
有道理;不过
Examples
- 彼が仕事を辞めるのももっともだ。He has every reason to quit his job.他辞职也在情理之中。
- 彼がそうするのももっともだった。He had every reason for doing so.他那样做也合情合理。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('779c980843'); // 尤も
{
"id": "779c980843",
"word": "尤も",
"reading": "もっとも",
"romaji": "mottomo",
"meanings": [
"quite right",
"plausible",
"natural",
"but then",
"although"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"conj"
],
"jmdict_id": 1535810,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼が仕事を辞めるのももっともだ。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}が{仕事|しごと}を{辞|や}めるのももっともだ。",
"en": "He has every reason to quit his job.",
"tatoeba_id": 120323
},
{
"ja": "彼がそうするのももっともだった。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}がそうするのももっともだった。",
"en": "He had every reason for doing so.",
"tatoeba_id": 120950
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "ab9ec78fe088b2b969d314eafde5e2aee258ce0c19943d4054a5b5c3c49ab2ee",
"meanings": [
"有道理",
"不过"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼が仕事を辞めるのももっともだ。",
"zh": "他辞职也在情理之中。"
},
{
"ja": "彼がそうするのももっともだった。",
"zh": "他那样做也合情合理。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/779c980843",
"JMdict ent_seq 1535810; 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": "65a399fd84a666efd9ae02458bd136b76176854b5b3f96dd97d1950aab3e9262"
}
}