ぼやく
N1 boyaku
- to grumble
- to complain
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
抱怨
Examples
- 彼は仕事が忙しいとぼやいた。He grumbled that work was busy.他抱怨工作很忙。
- 彼女は天気が悪いとぼやいた。She complained about the bad weather.她小声抱怨天气不好。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e80181aca1'); // ぼやく
{
"id": "e80181aca1",
"word": "ぼやく",
"reading": "ぼやく",
"romaji": "boyaku",
"meanings": [
"to grumble",
"to complain"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5k",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1011850,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は仕事が忙しいとぼやいた。",
"en": "He grumbled that work was busy."
},
{
"ja": "彼女は天気が悪いとぼやいた。",
"en": "She complained about the bad weather."
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "456c5c496684a074c46485b10f4430015685958c06c331c9c03c8392a8fbab5a",
"meanings": [
"抱怨"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は仕事が忙しいとぼやいた。",
"zh": "他抱怨工作很忙。"
},
{
"ja": "彼女は天気が悪いとぼやいた。",
"zh": "她小声抱怨天气不好。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/e80181aca1",
"JMdict ent_seq 1011850; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "06c00b0c3b6310d06234386c11c83e4a99eeaaf384e07fa129213e89c149a95f"
}
}