控える
N1ひかえる hikaeru
- to draw in
- to hold back
- to make notes
- to be temperate in
ichidan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
克制;准备;记下
Examples
- 彼女は入試を控えて神経質になっていた。She was nervous before the entrance exam.临近入学考试,她很紧张。
- 先生は生徒たちにそれらの単語をノートに控えておくよう指示した。The teacher told the pupils to write those words down in their notebooks.老师指示学生把那些词记在笔记本上。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9b0e88db96'); // 控える
{
"id": "9b0e88db96",
"word": "控える",
"reading": "ひかえる",
"romaji": "hikaeru",
"meanings": [
"to draw in",
"to hold back",
"to make notes",
"to be temperate in"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1279060,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼女は入試を控えて神経質になっていた。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{入試|にゅうし}を{控|ひか}えて{神経質|しんけいしつ}になっていた。",
"en": "She was nervous before the entrance exam.",
"tatoeba_id": 87606
},
{
"ja": "先生は生徒たちにそれらの単語をノートに控えておくよう指示した。",
"furigana": "{先生|せんせい}は{生徒|せいと}たちにそれらの{単語|たんご}をノートに{控|ひか}えておくよう{指示|しじ}した。",
"en": "The teacher told the pupils to write those words down in their notebooks.",
"tatoeba_id": 141556
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "6dc637bfeb830641a6ca4a3b626b7af0c982ab91743c5e5e83f6eaa26c10cc17",
"meanings": [
"克制",
"准备",
"记下"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼女は入試を控えて神経質になっていた。",
"zh": "临近入学考试,她很紧张。"
},
{
"ja": "先生は生徒たちにそれらの単語をノートに控えておくよう指示した。",
"zh": "老师指示学生把那些词记在笔记本上。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/9b0e88db96",
"JMdict ent_seq 1279060; 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": "35a66221842e36b781291242927dd5073c52cfddbc688470b96932c33fa05cef"
}
}