甘える
N1あまえる amaeru
- to behave like a spoiled child
- to fawn on
ichidan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
撒娇;依赖
Chinese notes
向他人撒娇或依赖其好意;常用人の好意に甘える。
Examples
- 人の好意に甘えてはいけない。Don't depend on others' kindness.不能依赖别人的好意。
- 少女は母親に甘えた。The girl played the baby to her mother.女孩向母亲撒娇。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5869bef4e6'); // 甘える
{
"id": "5869bef4e6",
"word": "甘える",
"reading": "あまえる",
"romaji": "amaeru",
"meanings": [
"to behave like a spoiled child",
"to fawn on"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1213440,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "人の好意に甘えてはいけない。",
"furigana": "{人|ひと}の{好意|こうい}に{甘|あま}えてはいけない。",
"en": "Don't depend on others' kindness.",
"tatoeba_id": 144610
},
{
"ja": "少女は母親に甘えた。",
"furigana": "{少女|しょうじょ}は{母親|ははおや}に{甘|あま}えた。",
"en": "The girl played the baby to her mother.",
"tatoeba_id": 146675
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "a51a10d77eced9d18dd52d702b1d96f1f87f25d504857ecdce938b82c422841e",
"meanings": [
"撒娇",
"依赖"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "人の好意に甘えてはいけない。",
"zh": "不能依赖别人的好意。"
},
{
"ja": "少女は母親に甘えた。",
"zh": "女孩向母亲撒娇。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/5869bef4e6",
"JMdict ent_seq 1213440; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "48ac7c86421fb20a047474154072ee722c2c3da7d0bd79dd5d99043bf7ab7e86",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"notes": "向他人撒娇或依赖其好意;常用人の好意に甘える。"
}
}