仕える
N1つかえる tsukaeru
- to serve
- to work for
ichidan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
侍奉;服务
Examples
- コックは家族に長年仕えた。The cook served the family for many years.厨师为那家人服务了多年。
- その老人はその王に何年も仕えた。The old man served the king for many years.那位老人侍奉国王多年。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('521e3dc77f'); // 仕える
{
"id": "521e3dc77f",
"word": "仕える",
"reading": "つかえる",
"romaji": "tsukaeru",
"meanings": [
"to serve",
"to work for"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v1",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1304760,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "コックは家族に長年仕えた。",
"en": "The cook served the family for many years.",
"tatoeba_id": 224135
},
{
"ja": "その老人はその王に何年も仕えた。",
"furigana": "その{老人|ろうじん}はその{王|おう}に{何年|なんねん}も{仕|つか}えた。",
"en": "The old man served the king for many years.",
"tatoeba_id": 206149
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "095796e8b54d61f1938d53a702eaaad59187ae709386aa08ffe0065ac3b32505",
"meanings": [
"侍奉",
"服务"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "コックは家族に長年仕えた。",
"zh": "厨师为那家人服务了多年。"
},
{
"ja": "その老人はその王に何年も仕えた。",
"zh": "那位老人侍奉国王多年。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/521e3dc77f",
"JMdict ent_seq 1304760; 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": "273193a06d01b9fb87981be5365db8ec576ca2e1c442f7355d4d51e556503ce0"
}
}