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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

ぼやく

N1
boyaku
  1. to grumble
  2. 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"
  }
}