絶望
N1ぜつぼう zetsubou
- despair
- hopelessness
nounする verbintransitiveの-adjective
Chinese meanings
绝望
Examples
- 私はしばしば絶望感に襲われた。I was often seized by despair.我常常感到绝望。
- 彼女は夫が亡くなって絶望していた。She was in despair when her husband died.丈夫去世后,她陷入了绝望。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ecd2111666'); // 絶望
{
"id": "ecd2111666",
"word": "絶望",
"reading": "ぜつぼう",
"romaji": "zetsubou",
"meanings": [
"despair",
"hopelessness"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n",
"vs",
"vi",
"adj-no"
],
"jmdict_id": 1386960,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私はしばしば絶望感に襲われた。",
"en": "I was often seized by despair.",
"tatoeba_id": 160629
},
{
"ja": "彼女は夫が亡くなって絶望していた。",
"furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{夫|おっと}が{亡|な}くなって{絶望|ぜつぼう}していた。",
"en": "She was in despair when her husband died.",
"tatoeba_id": 86963
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "a184fd128126b7bc14e3294ace52ea76a7755b47bd458091ef91299224419887",
"meanings": [
"绝望"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "私はしばしば絶望感に襲われた。",
"zh": "我常常感到绝望。"
},
{
"ja": "彼女は夫が亡くなって絶望していた。",
"zh": "丈夫去世后,她陷入了绝望。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/ecd2111666",
"JMdict ent_seq 1386960; 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": "845c421ac4ec33531042b0185a568b69de9e3d57f11a5bc7b612f8ac46922853"
}
}