給う
N1たまう tamau
- to receive
- to grant
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
赐予;做
Examples
- 神、初めに天と地を創り給えり。In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.神在最初创造了天地。
- 我々に生命を与えた神は我々に同時に自由を与え給うた。The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.赐予我们生命的神,同时也赐予了我们自由。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('8ddba4675b'); // 給う
{
"id": "8ddba4675b",
"word": "給う",
"reading": "たまう",
"romaji": "tamau",
"meanings": [
"to receive",
"to grant"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1230220,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "神、初めに天と地を創り給えり。",
"en": "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.",
"tatoeba_id": 144946
},
{
"ja": "我々に生命を与えた神は我々に同時に自由を与え給うた。",
"furigana": "{我々|われわれ}に{生命|せいめい}を{与|あた}えた{神|かみ}は{我々|われわれ}に{同時|どうじ}に{自由|じゆう}を{与|あた}え{給|たま}うた。",
"en": "The God who gave us life, gave us liberty at the same time.",
"tatoeba_id": 186344
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "020212ef5e7dcc1b2a853946525e2d80537f85b63fe0864084a4df9aaa0a9d01",
"meanings": [
"赐予",
"做"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "神、初めに天と地を創り給えり。",
"zh": "神在最初创造了天地。"
},
{
"ja": "我々に生命を与えた神は我々に同時に自由を与え給うた。",
"zh": "赐予我们生命的神,同时也赐予了我们自由。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/8ddba4675b",
"JMdict ent_seq 1230220; 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": "7c441091670c805623ea56c8c83554b45831e0a776af5708c306142baece032b"
}
}