役立つ
N1やくだつ yakudatsu
- to be useful
- to be helpful
- to serve the purpose
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
有用
Examples
- 英語は商業において役立つ。English is useful in commerce.英语在商业中有用。
- 一言で言えば彼女は役立たずなのだ。In a word, she isn't any use.总之,她是个没用的人。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('dc0658901e'); // 役立つ
{
"id": "dc0658901e",
"word": "役立つ",
"reading": "やくだつ",
"romaji": "yakudatsu",
"meanings": [
"to be useful",
"to be helpful",
"to serve the purpose"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5t",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1538090,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "英語は商業において役立つ。",
"furigana": "{英語|えいご}は{商業|しょうぎょう}において{役立|やくだ}つ。",
"en": "English is useful in commerce.",
"tatoeba_id": 189118
},
{
"ja": "一言で言えば彼女は役立たずなのだ。",
"furigana": "{一言|ひとこと}で{言|い}えば{彼女|かのじょ}は{役立|やくだ}たずなのだ。",
"en": "In a word, she isn't any use.",
"tatoeba_id": 190649
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "9ba8aec88fffb262341052e48837a002b2ccd84189ac2001f0c97cebae73a24d",
"meanings": [
"有用"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "英語は商業において役立つ。",
"zh": "英语在商业中有用。"
},
{
"ja": "一言で言えば彼女は役立たずなのだ。",
"zh": "总之,她是个没用的人。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/dc0658901e",
"JMdict ent_seq 1538090; 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": "272b87563ad43b4efdb29cd739b07ec66137659fa5440250640cc5ecb7c47e27"
}
}