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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

降こう伏ふく

N1
こうふく koufuku
  1. capitulation
  2. surrender
  3. 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。
  • 降こう伏ふくするより死しんだほうがましだ。
    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"
  }
}