なるべく
N4 narubeku
- as much as possible
adverb
Also written 成るべく
Chinese meanings
尽可能
Examples
- なるべく安いほうがいいです。I would like the least expensive one.尽可能便宜的比较好。
- なるべくゆっくり話してもらえますか。Could you speak as slowly as possible?能尽量说慢一点吗?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('626ae1ff39'); // なるべく
{
"id": "626ae1ff39",
"word": "なるべく",
"reading": "なるべく",
"romaji": "narubeku",
"meanings": [
"as much as possible"
],
"level": "N4",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1375620,
"other_forms": [
"成るべく"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "なるべく安いほうがいいです。",
"furigana": "なるべく{安|やす}いほうがいいです。",
"en": "I would like the least expensive one.",
"tatoeba_id": 199061
},
{
"ja": "なるべくゆっくり話してもらえますか。",
"furigana": "なるべくゆっくり{話|はな}してもらえますか。",
"en": "Could you speak as slowly as possible?",
"tatoeba_id": 199062
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "ab6a9164c816c323d860c55e32469bbb5fda204d2b7c1fdd8386bc9644b37ef7",
"meanings": [
"尽可能"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "なるべく安いほうがいいです。",
"zh": "尽可能便宜的比较好。"
},
{
"ja": "なるべくゆっくり話してもらえますか。",
"zh": "能尽量说慢一点吗?"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n4/626ae1ff39",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "ca25880d86e57e9048a243ea4544540e795c25d84a26df88f4c8459c4c339889"
}
}