払う
N4はらう harau
- to pay
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
支付;拂去
Examples
- ジャックはブラシで上着のほこりを払った。Jack brushed the dust off his coat.杰克用刷子掸去外套上的灰尘。
- 払えるかどうか分からないざます。I'm not sure I can afford it.不知道能不能付得起。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a6b7fa4afc'); // 払う
{
"id": "a6b7fa4afc",
"word": "払う",
"reading": "はらう",
"romaji": "harau",
"meanings": [
"to pay"
],
"level": "N4",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1501620,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ジャックはブラシで上着のほこりを払った。",
"furigana": "ジャックはブラシで{上着|うわぎ}のほこりを{払|はら}った。",
"en": "Jack brushed the dust off his coat.",
"tatoeba_id": 215834
},
{
"ja": "払えるかどうか分からないざます。",
"furigana": "{払|はら}えるかどうか{分|わ}からないざます。",
"en": "I'm not sure I can afford it.",
"tatoeba_id": 83844
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "898e41e7cf9a5b1ede6a7d0de83dcd7ae750f229fe7472724690cf240b72d772",
"meanings": [
"支付",
"拂去"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "ジャックはブラシで上着のほこりを払った。",
"zh": "杰克用刷子掸去外套上的灰尘。"
},
{
"ja": "払えるかどうか分からないざます。",
"zh": "不知道能不能付得起。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n4/a6b7fa4afc",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "cfd90401a92c50ad8e172bc115c63c3becd3d1fe1f954c75b459a66688e3dd34"
}
}