もう

mou

already

adverb

Chinese meanings

已经；快要；真是（表示不满）

Examples

Furigana

もう～、なにやってんだよ。
Jeez, what're you up to?
真是的，你在干什么啊。
Tatoeba #74910
もうそろそろ帰かえる時じ間かんだ。
It is about time we were leaving.
差不多该回去了。
Tatoeba #194403

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('c5b7ad76fd'); // もう

{
  "id": "c5b7ad76fd",
  "word": "もう",
  "reading": "もう",
  "romaji": "mou",
  "meanings": [
    "already"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1012480,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "もう～、なにやってんだよ。",
      "en": "Jeez, what're you up to?",
      "tatoeba_id": 74910
    },
    {
      "ja": "もうそろそろ帰る時間だ。",
      "furigana": "もうそろそろ{帰|かえ}る{時間|じかん}だ。",
      "en": "It is about time we were leaving.",
      "tatoeba_id": 194403
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "5e6ab9d0791bd7cd959301d40ae77a6bf405e839beac6e39e87fb7123c286e19",
    "meanings": [
      "已经；快要；真是（表示不满）"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "もう～、なにやってんだよ。",
        "zh": "真是的，你在干什么啊。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "もうそろそろ帰る時間だ。",
        "zh": "差不多该回去了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/c5b7ad76fd",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "a2149a24313cf08aee85da567c428e3497b34fe6af53cb3a260c83d844b9119f"
  }
}