言い訳
N1いいわけ iiwake
- excuse
- explanation
nounする verbtransitiveintransitive
Chinese meanings
借口;辩解
Examples
- 彼は言い訳を考え出すのがうまい。He is inventive of excuses.他很擅长找借口。
- もう言い訳なんか聞きたくないね。I don't want to hear any more excuses.我不想再听借口了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('79e98bddbd'); // 言い訳
{
"id": "79e98bddbd",
"word": "言い訳",
"reading": "いいわけ",
"romaji": "iiwake",
"meanings": [
"excuse",
"explanation"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n",
"vs",
"vt",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1587030,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は言い訳を考え出すのがうまい。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{言|い}い{訳|わけ}を{考|かんが}え{出|だ}すのがうまい。",
"en": "He is inventive of excuses.",
"tatoeba_id": 107595
},
{
"ja": "もう言い訳なんか聞きたくないね。",
"furigana": "もう{言|い}い{訳|わけ}なんか{聞|き}きたくないね。",
"en": "I don't want to hear any more excuses.",
"tatoeba_id": 194216
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "8675501836104244184ca2ef44c1a56c7949d0446ee07a41ef5769799ec62600",
"meanings": [
"借口",
"辩解"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は言い訳を考え出すのがうまい。",
"zh": "他很擅长找借口。"
},
{
"ja": "もう言い訳なんか聞きたくないね。",
"zh": "我不想再听借口了。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/79e98bddbd",
"JMdict ent_seq 1587030; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "83a6b7eccfbcdd0ffc6f69f36f1f2852bcb065f09a397dcbc4c900d68bc1bab0",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}