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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

予よ防ぼう

N3
よぼう yobou
  1. prevention
  2. precaution
  3. protection against
nounする verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

预防

Examples

  • 治ち療りょうよりも予よ防ぼう。
    Prevention is better than cure.
    预防胜于治疗。
  • 病びょう気きを予よ防ぼうすることはできますか。
    Are we able to prevent disease?
    可以预防疾病吗?
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('7e01f30eaa'); // 予防
{
  "id": "7e01f30eaa",
  "word": "予防",
  "reading": "よぼう",
  "romaji": "yobou",
  "meanings": [
    "prevention",
    "precaution",
    "protection against"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1543660,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "治療よりも予防。",
      "furigana": "{治療|ちりょう}よりも{予防|よぼう}。",
      "en": "Prevention is better than cure.",
      "tatoeba_id": 150176
    },
    {
      "ja": "病気を予防することはできますか。",
      "furigana": "{病気|びょうき}を{予防|よぼう}することはできますか。",
      "en": "Are we able to prevent disease?",
      "tatoeba_id": 85246
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "021b3b4879459544aaf836b1b6e05aa0cc1e07c44ac9a3c5b6fa0c455b606d18",
    "meanings": [
      "预防"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "治療よりも予防。",
        "zh": "预防胜于治疗。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "病気を予防することはできますか。",
        "zh": "可以预防疾病吗?"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/7e01f30eaa",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1543660; 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": "6e1cb5de3daa1a86e8d75733325c8aa7525e27c70181661a48cb61095676de70"
  }
}