ずばり
N1 zubari
- decisively
- decidedly
- once and for all
- unreservedly
- frankly
adverbadverb (〜と)
Chinese meanings
一针见血;直截了当
Examples
- その問題についての彼の意見はずばり的を射ている。His remarks on the subject are much to the point.他对那个问题的意见一针见血。
- 彼の言葉はズバリ急所を言い当てた。His remark hit home.他的话直指要害。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d4f22b4480'); // ずばり
{
"id": "d4f22b4480",
"word": "ずばり",
"reading": "ずばり",
"romaji": "zubari",
"meanings": [
"decisively",
"decidedly",
"once and for all",
"unreservedly",
"frankly"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adv",
"adv-to"
],
"jmdict_id": 1006400,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "その問題についての彼の意見はずばり的を射ている。",
"furigana": "その{問題|もんだい}についての{彼|かれ}の{意見|いけん}はずばり{的|まと}を{射|い}ている。",
"en": "His remarks on the subject are much to the point.",
"tatoeba_id": 206511
},
{
"ja": "彼の言葉はズバリ急所を言い当てた。",
"en": "His remark hit home.",
"tatoeba_id": 117513
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "fa2c2437a8e7836210225070945040100e9fa0820ba4115bc8b779fb26917e43",
"meanings": [
"一针见血",
"直截了当"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "その問題についての彼の意見はずばり的を射ている。",
"zh": "他对那个问题的意见一针见血。"
},
{
"ja": "彼の言葉はズバリ急所を言い当てた。",
"zh": "他的话直指要害。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/d4f22b4480",
"JMdict ent_seq 1006400; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "a523424866c1a077332b1fb1247beaa715c78b55cb50e3cee4a5135c1e1b6bbe",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}