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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

かぎ

N5
kagi
  1. key
noun

Also written 鍵

Chinese meanings

钥匙

Examples

  • 車くるまのカギをなくしちゃった。
    I've lost my car key.
    我把车钥匙弄丢了。
  • ドアのカギをなくしたので家いえに入いれない。
    I lost the door key, so I can't enter the house.
    因为丢了门钥匙,进不了家门。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e2d6576c76'); // かぎ
{
  "id": "e2d6576c76",
  "word": "かぎ",
  "reading": "かぎ",
  "romaji": "kagi",
  "meanings": [
    "key"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1260490,
  "other_forms": [
    "鍵"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "車のカギをなくしちゃった。",
      "furigana": "{車|くるま}のカギをなくしちゃった。",
      "en": "I've lost my car key.",
      "tatoeba_id": 149069
    },
    {
      "ja": "ドアのカギをなくしたので家に入れない。",
      "furigana": "ドアのカギをなくしたので{家|いえ}に{入|い}れない。",
      "en": "I lost the door key, so I can't enter the house.",
      "tatoeba_id": 201870
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "23d30ecd5e24ab41e1db841af7a12bcf8d2f8f57e9f56d4e717ac89cfbf7a808",
    "meanings": [
      "钥匙"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "車のカギをなくしちゃった。",
        "zh": "我把车钥匙弄丢了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "ドアのカギをなくしたので家に入れない。",
        "zh": "因为丢了门钥匙,进不了家门。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/e2d6576c76",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "2428cb72967d782bc748530c23d776fe8468d09734c6d8ce6e5b8c1cb30614e7"
  }
}