役に立つ
N4やくにたつ yakunitatsu
- to be helpful
expressiongodan verb
Chinese meanings
有用;起作用
Examples
- それ以上はお役に立てません。Beyond that I cannot help you.我帮不了更多忙了。
- どんなに少しでもすべて役に立つ。Every little bit helps.无论多么微小,都有用处。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8011fa51a8'); // 役に立つ
{
"id": "8011fa51a8",
"word": "役に立つ",
"reading": "やくにたつ",
"romaji": "yakunitatsu",
"meanings": [
"to be helpful"
],
"level": "N4",
"pos": [
"exp",
"v5t"
],
"jmdict_id": 1537980,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "それ以上はお役に立てません。",
"furigana": "それ{以上|いじょう}はお{役|やく}に{立|た}てません。",
"en": "Beyond that I cannot help you.",
"tatoeba_id": 204496
},
{
"ja": "どんなに少しでもすべて役に立つ。",
"furigana": "どんなに{少|すこ}しでもすべて{役|やく}に{立|た}つ。",
"en": "Every little bit helps.",
"tatoeba_id": 199523
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "43e110bb258f041e06d586cedeb2dcb000b586877d30f638101c7f8b10c9b529",
"meanings": [
"有用",
"起作用"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "それ以上はお役に立てません。",
"zh": "我帮不了更多忙了。"
},
{
"ja": "どんなに少しでもすべて役に立つ。",
"zh": "无论多么微小,都有用处。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n4/8011fa51a8",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "86c0e8c1ff8a0b9114cb77b26365efdb1956d51c8b2384785795adcff9171402"
}
}