あいまい

aimai

vague
ambiguous

な-adjectivenoun

Also written 曖昧

Chinese meanings

含糊；暧昧

Examples

Furigana

彼かれは私わたしにあいまいな返へん事じをした。
He gave me a vague answer.
他给了我含糊的回答。
Tatoeba #106219
何なんてあいまいな表ひょう現げんだ。
What an ambiguous expression!
多么模糊的表达啊。
Tatoeba #187855

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('08e45ae028'); // あいまい

{
  "id": "08e45ae028",
  "word": "あいまい",
  "reading": "あいまい",
  "romaji": "aimai",
  "meanings": [
    "vague",
    "ambiguous"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "adj-na",
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1567920,
  "other_forms": [
    "曖昧"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は私にあいまいな返事をした。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{私|わたし}にあいまいな{返事|へんじ}をした。",
      "en": "He gave me a vague answer.",
      "tatoeba_id": 106219
    },
    {
      "ja": "何てあいまいな表現だ。",
      "furigana": "{何|なん}てあいまいな{表現|ひょうげん}だ。",
      "en": "What an ambiguous expression!",
      "tatoeba_id": 187855
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "69e0147a587dca7527ce2043b8752a7d475a94b76db759232e957429f1eeb205",
    "meanings": [
      "含糊",
      "暧昧"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は私にあいまいな返事をした。",
        "zh": "他给了我含糊的回答。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "何てあいまいな表現だ。",
        "zh": "多么模糊的表达啊。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/08e45ae028",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1567920; 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": "ede70ebde1510f1d4be32ae73639b5cec9c9dada808aebfaf1dbfff99df98dc2"
  }
}