降伏
N1こうふく koufuku
- capitulation
- surrender
- submission
nounする verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
投降
Examples
- 降伏するくらいなら死んだほうがましだ。I would rather die than surrender.与其投降,不如死去。
- 降伏するより死んだほうがましだ。I would rather die than surrender.与其投降,不如死去。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a8a6342961'); // 降伏
{
"id": "a8a6342961",
"word": "降伏",
"reading": "こうふく",
"romaji": "koufuku",
"meanings": [
"capitulation",
"surrender",
"submission"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n",
"vs",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1282940,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "降伏するくらいなら死んだほうがましだ。",
"en": "I would rather die than surrender."
},
{
"ja": "降伏するより死んだほうがましだ。",
"furigana": "{降伏|こうふく}するより{死|し}んだほうがましだ。",
"en": "I would rather die than surrender.",
"tatoeba_id": 173266
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "8f398ff3ab6485ca4a4078477635b994bd67cacb647be3100a0e1a18b2ba0532",
"meanings": [
"投降"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "降伏するくらいなら死んだほうがましだ。",
"zh": "与其投降,不如死去。"
},
{
"ja": "降伏するより死んだほうがましだ。",
"zh": "与其投降,不如死去。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/a8a6342961",
"JMdict ent_seq 1282940; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "e5edd56b04c3ec4997fd51510bed55e21790b7ef5d237a00a900acd6596cf245",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}