恐れ入る
N1おそれいる osoreiru
- to be filled with awe
- to feel small
- to be amazed
- to be surprised
- to be disconcerted
- to be sorry
godan verbintransitive
Chinese meanings
佩服;感到抱歉
Examples
- 立て板に水の如きプレゼンテーション、おそれ入りました。Your presentation was so smooth and fluent - what can I say?演讲流畅得像流水一样,令人佩服。
- 彼の才能にはおそれいったよ。I admire his talent.他的才能真让我佩服。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('c550db6672'); // 恐れ入る
{
"id": "c550db6672",
"word": "恐れ入る",
"reading": "おそれいる",
"romaji": "osoreiru",
"meanings": [
"to be filled with awe",
"to feel small",
"to be amazed",
"to be surprised",
"to be disconcerted",
"to be sorry"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"v5r",
"vi"
],
"jmdict_id": 1236680,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "立て板に水の如きプレゼンテーション、おそれ入りました。",
"en": "Your presentation was so smooth and fluent - what can I say?",
"tatoeba_id": 78275
},
{
"ja": "彼の才能にはおそれいったよ。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}の{才能|さいのう}にはおそれいったよ。",
"en": "I admire his talent.",
"tatoeba_id": 117287
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "4d6a4b93aaf8844be7f5c9645f3a32096eeaaa00be6cb9db6c10287cce44505d",
"meanings": [
"佩服",
"感到抱歉"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "立て板に水の如きプレゼンテーション、おそれ入りました。",
"zh": "演讲流畅得像流水一样,令人佩服。"
},
{
"ja": "彼の才能にはおそれいったよ。",
"zh": "他的才能真让我佩服。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/c550db6672",
"JMdict ent_seq 1236680; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "0a77848dd4a45a8a542b75581fc63b87b547eaf871c4076d20cf1d7370970a46",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}