単調
N1たんちょう tanchou
- monotony
- monotone
- dullness
な-adjectivenoun
Chinese meanings
单调
Examples
- この話はちょっと単調だ。This story is rather monotonous.这个故事有点单调。
- 小さな村では生活はひどく単調です。Life is very flat in a small village.小村庄的生活非常单调。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b0f4698e45'); // 単調
{
"id": "b0f4698e45",
"word": "単調",
"reading": "たんちょう",
"romaji": "tanchou",
"meanings": [
"monotony",
"monotone",
"dullness"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adj-na",
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1417760,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "この話はちょっと単調だ。",
"furigana": "この{話|はなし}はちょっと{単調|たんちょう}だ。",
"en": "This story is rather monotonous.",
"tatoeba_id": 219136
},
{
"ja": "小さな村では生活はひどく単調です。",
"furigana": "{小|ちい}さな{村|むら}では{生活|せいかつ}はひどく{単調|たんちょう}です。",
"en": "Life is very flat in a small village.",
"tatoeba_id": 146995
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "a526c812e04298c565fcd9b65a1b67db3331ab1844247eea0896a3d9a36b70d9",
"meanings": [
"单调"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "この話はちょっと単調だ。",
"zh": "这个故事有点单调。"
},
{
"ja": "小さな村では生活はひどく単調です。",
"zh": "小村庄的生活非常单调。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/b0f4698e45",
"JMdict ent_seq 1417760; 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": "f6239fe4ffecf44c1012998a102570a81d967e3843fdda94b68c25c2dbb3fc9e"
}
}