単に
N3たんに tanni
- simply
- merely
- only
- solely
adverb
Chinese meanings
仅仅;只
Examples
- 彼は単に好奇心からそれをしただけだ。He did it simply out of curiosity.他做那件事纯粹是出于好奇。
- 幸福は単に富にあるのではない。Happiness does not consist simply in wealth.幸福不单单在于财富。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('28e78ea570'); // 単に
{
"id": "28e78ea570",
"word": "単に",
"reading": "たんに",
"romaji": "tanni",
"meanings": [
"simply",
"merely",
"only",
"solely"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1417030,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は単に好奇心からそれをしただけだ。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{単|たん}に{好奇心|こうきしん}からそれをしただけだ。",
"en": "He did it simply out of curiosity.",
"tatoeba_id": 102278
},
{
"ja": "幸福は単に富にあるのではない。",
"furigana": "{幸福|こうふく}は{単|たん}に{富|とみ}にあるのではない。",
"en": "Happiness does not consist simply in wealth.",
"tatoeba_id": 173640
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "b3fc2a7c33b519845ceca11389df21646882b89d124e88e79331f8a44175a753",
"meanings": [
"仅仅",
"只"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼は単に好奇心からそれをしただけだ。",
"zh": "他做那件事纯粹是出于好奇。"
},
{
"ja": "幸福は単に富にあるのではない。",
"zh": "幸福不单单在于财富。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/28e78ea570",
"JMdict ent_seq 1417030; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "866fc02f5f83f035de7959d9e9254ad78289af731c4ef5b3349932f03f629efc",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}