わざと
N3 wazato
- on purpose
adverb
Also written 態と
Chinese meanings
故意
Examples
- 彼がわざとそうしたとも思えない。It is not likely that he did it on purpose.我不认为他是故意那么做的。
- 彼は私をわざと待たせたようだ。It is likely that he kept me waiting on purpose.他似乎故意让我等。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b778777901'); // わざと
{
"id": "b778777901",
"word": "わざと",
"reading": "わざと",
"romaji": "wazato",
"meanings": [
"on purpose"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1410760,
"other_forms": [
"態と"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼がわざとそうしたとも思えない。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}がわざとそうしたとも{思|おも}えない。",
"en": "It is not likely that he did it on purpose.",
"tatoeba_id": 120658
},
{
"ja": "彼は私をわざと待たせたようだ。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{私|わたし}をわざと{待|ま}たせたようだ。",
"en": "It is likely that he kept me waiting on purpose.",
"tatoeba_id": 105595
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "bd269018e229703eb380c08766f4a4f4b1ceb846d8ed803da817af1d896cbd07",
"meanings": [
"故意"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼がわざとそうしたとも思えない。",
"zh": "我不认为他是故意那么做的。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は私をわざと待たせたようだ。",
"zh": "他似乎故意让我等。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/b778777901",
"JMdict ent_seq 1410760; 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": "ce2bc9d1574f53629fab3a9ca90b391145c0c67bcf60a4d2b86c5ca944784c60"
}
}