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小こ遣づかい

N2
こづかい kozukai
  1. personal expenses
  2. pocket money
  3. spending money
  4. incidental expenses
  5. allowance
noun

Chinese meanings

零花钱

Examples

  • つまらないものに小こ遣づかいを使つかうな。
    Don't waste your allowance on useless things.
    别把零花钱花在无聊的东西上。
  • 小こ遣づかいの増ぞう額がくを父ちちに掛かけ合あった。
    I approached my father about an increase in allowance.
    我向父亲争取增加零花钱。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6a80a317f3'); // 小遣い
{
  "id": "6a80a317f3",
  "word": "小遣い",
  "reading": "こづかい",
  "romaji": "kozukai",
  "meanings": [
    "personal expenses",
    "pocket money",
    "spending money",
    "incidental expenses",
    "allowance"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1348030,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "つまらないものに小遣いを使うな。",
      "furigana": "つまらないものに{小遣|こづか}いを{使|つか}うな。",
      "en": "Don't waste your allowance on useless things.",
      "tatoeba_id": 202544
    },
    {
      "ja": "小遣いの増額を父に掛け合った。",
      "furigana": "{小遣|こづか}いの{増額|ぞうがく}を{父|ちち}に{掛|か}け{合|あ}った。",
      "en": "I approached my father about an increase in allowance.",
      "tatoeba_id": 146965
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e827aae671cec77f153c7f6b6199ba507b8e663425739c22ba7ca8af243ed345",
    "meanings": [
      "零花钱"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "つまらないものに小遣いを使うな。",
        "zh": "别把零花钱花在无聊的东西上。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "小遣いの増額を父に掛け合った。",
        "zh": "我向父亲争取增加零花钱。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/6a80a317f3",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1348030; 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": "206c272fb301a8a37ffc1009fb1e706498292fc4f7ca9df86b0e58ee1dcb17ba"
  }
}