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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

尤もっとも

N3
もっとも mottomo
  1. quite right
  2. plausible
  3. natural
  4. but then
  5. although
conjunction

Chinese meanings

有道理;不过

Examples

  • 彼かれが仕し事ごとを辞やめるのももっともだ。
    He has every reason to quit his job.
    他辞职也在情理之中。
  • 彼かれがそうするのももっともだった。
    He had every reason for doing so.
    他那样做也合情合理。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('779c980843'); // 尤も
{
  "id": "779c980843",
  "word": "尤も",
  "reading": "もっとも",
  "romaji": "mottomo",
  "meanings": [
    "quite right",
    "plausible",
    "natural",
    "but then",
    "although"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "conj"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1535810,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼が仕事を辞めるのももっともだ。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}が{仕事|しごと}を{辞|や}めるのももっともだ。",
      "en": "He has every reason to quit his job.",
      "tatoeba_id": 120323
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼がそうするのももっともだった。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}がそうするのももっともだった。",
      "en": "He had every reason for doing so.",
      "tatoeba_id": 120950
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "ab9ec78fe088b2b969d314eafde5e2aee258ce0c19943d4054a5b5c3c49ab2ee",
    "meanings": [
      "有道理",
      "不过"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼が仕事を辞めるのももっともだ。",
        "zh": "他辞职也在情理之中。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼がそうするのももっともだった。",
        "zh": "他那样做也合情合理。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/779c980843",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1535810; 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": "65a399fd84a666efd9ae02458bd136b76176854b5b3f96dd97d1950aab3e9262"
  }
}