昨日
N5きのう kinou
- yesterday
nounadverb
Chinese meanings
昨天
Examples
- きのう先生は今日テストをすると言った。Yesterday the teacher told us that he would give us a test today.昨天老师说今天要考试。
- 昨日はなんともひどい天気だった。The weather was miserable yesterday.昨天天气真糟糕。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a94a4be08f'); // 昨日
{
"id": "a94a4be08f",
"word": "昨日",
"reading": "きのう",
"romaji": "kinou",
"meanings": [
"yesterday"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"n",
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1579260,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "きのう先生は今日テストをすると言った。",
"en": "Yesterday the teacher told us that he would give us a test today.",
"tatoeba_id": 225950
},
{
"ja": "昨日はなんともひどい天気だった。",
"en": "The weather was miserable yesterday.",
"tatoeba_id": 169994
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "7a04aff5a30f16cea58a15677ccf58a9af29d96abaadf50876041f5ad377d6b7",
"meanings": [
"昨天"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "きのう先生は今日テストをすると言った。",
"zh": "昨天老师说今天要考试。"
},
{
"ja": "昨日はなんともひどい天気だった。",
"zh": "昨天天气真糟糕。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/a94a4be08f",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "7ba8f3dabc2d805915e938309d2ac07b8e72627348bd841b4a4115668548df29"
}
}