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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

臆おく病びょう

N1
おくびょう okubyou
  1. cowardice
  2. timidity
な-adjectivenoun

Chinese meanings

胆小;怯懦

Examples

  • 彼かれがああ臆おく病びょうだとは思おもわなかった。
    I did not think he was so timid.
    没想到他那么胆小。
  • 彼かれは臆おく病びょうというより内うち気きだ。
    He is more shy than timid.
    与其说他胆小,不如说他害羞。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e3025feafa'); // 臆病
{
  "id": "e3025feafa",
  "word": "臆病",
  "reading": "おくびょう",
  "romaji": "okubyou",
  "meanings": [
    "cowardice",
    "timidity"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1182790,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼がああ臆病だとは思わなかった。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}がああ{臆病|おくびょう}だとは{思|おも}わなかった。",
      "en": "I did not think he was so timid.",
      "tatoeba_id": 121126
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は臆病というより内気だ。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{臆病|おくびょう}というより{内気|うちき}だ。",
      "en": "He is more shy than timid.",
      "tatoeba_id": 109514
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "6d8903afc9587d74ddb5bfabb23209c5c80ae0441cdb6c68171d51dfc487e9e7",
    "meanings": [
      "胆小",
      "怯懦"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼がああ臆病だとは思わなかった。",
        "zh": "没想到他那么胆小。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は臆病というより内気だ。",
        "zh": "与其说他胆小,不如说他害羞。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/e3025feafa",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1182790; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "9b4f084edaad80f6ba9b91a534368f31584e1ee59355a0b9063fbc7cdd9c8069",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}