補おぎなう

おぎなう oginau

to compensate for

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

补充；弥补

Examples

Furigana

あなたの食しょく事じにはビタミンを補おぎなうほうがよい。
You had better supplement your diet with vitamins.
你的饮食最好补充维生素。
Tatoeba #233176
彼かの女じょが損そん失しつを補おぎなうようわれわれは要よう求きゅうした。
We demanded that she should make up for the loss.
我们要求她弥补损失。
Tatoeba #95300

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('2fa74b3912'); // 補う

{
  "id": "2fa74b3912",
  "word": "補う",
  "reading": "おぎなう",
  "romaji": "oginau",
  "meanings": [
    "to compensate for"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "v5u",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1514460,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あなたの食事にはビタミンを補うほうがよい。",
      "furigana": "あなたの{食事|しょくじ}にはビタミンを{補|おぎな}うほうがよい。",
      "en": "You had better supplement your diet with vitamins.",
      "tatoeba_id": 233176
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女が損失を補うようわれわれは要求した。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}が{損失|そんしつ}を{補|おぎな}うようわれわれは{要求|ようきゅう}した。",
      "en": "We demanded that she should make up for the loss.",
      "tatoeba_id": 95300
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "47875e1c6e6dc4da8631bdbaa2f9f1836784c296cec4e0c087d418c64aa4b47a",
    "meanings": [
      "补充",
      "弥补"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あなたの食事にはビタミンを補うほうがよい。",
        "zh": "你的饮食最好补充维生素。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女が損失を補うようわれわれは要求した。",
        "zh": "我们要求她弥补损失。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/2fa74b3912",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1514460; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "5a11229022dc2261ebe3fc82805ef267eb2d006589bb4b2ed08a1c48eef87c94"
  }
}