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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

甘あまえる

N1
あまえる amaeru
  1. to behave like a spoiled child
  2. 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

  • 人ひとの好こう意いに甘あまえてはいけない。
    Don't depend on others' kindness.
    不能依赖别人的好意。
  • 少しょう女じょは母はは親おやに甘あまえた。
    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。"
  }
}