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

口こう実じつ

N2
こうじつ koujitsu
  1. excuse
noun

Chinese meanings

借口;托词

Examples

  • 病びょう気きを口こう実じつにして彼かれは来こなかった。
    He did not come on the pretext of sickness.
    他以生病为借口没有来。
  • 彼かれは遅ち刻こくの口こう実じつをこしらえた。
    He invented an excuse for being late.
    他为迟到编了个借口。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('c78f53bc65'); // 口実
{
  "id": "c78f53bc65",
  "word": "口実",
  "reading": "こうじつ",
  "romaji": "koujitsu",
  "meanings": [
    "excuse"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1276220,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "病気を口実にして彼は来なかった。",
      "furigana": "{病気|びょうき}を{口実|こうじつ}にして{彼|かれ}は{来|こ}なかった。",
      "en": "He did not come on the pretext of sickness.",
      "tatoeba_id": 85248
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は遅刻の口実をこしらえた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{遅刻|ちこく}の{口実|こうじつ}をこしらえた。",
      "en": "He invented an excuse for being late.",
      "tatoeba_id": 102179
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "99a202a9a106585ecf25a4e1d04d11f7247bee08e9e564af7e962b221cc02ee5",
    "meanings": [
      "借口",
      "托词"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "病気を口実にして彼は来なかった。",
        "zh": "他以生病为借口没有来。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は遅刻の口実をこしらえた。",
        "zh": "他为迟到编了个借口。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/c78f53bc65",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1276220; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "5c5ffa6ebd8ee7f655a9454f3983530e6dc0e5dbe5593ef7b01a282c6b7927cb"
  }
}