故人
N1こじん kojin
- the deceased
- old friend
noun
Chinese meanings
故人;死者
Examples
- 故人をしのんで、記念碑が建てられた。A monument was erected in memory of the deceased.人们为纪念逝者建了一座纪念碑。
- 彼はひざまずいて故人の霊に祈りをささげた。He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased.他跪下为死者的灵魂祈祷。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('0114b5768e'); // 故人
{
"id": "0114b5768e",
"word": "故人",
"reading": "こじん",
"romaji": "kojin",
"meanings": [
"the deceased",
"old friend"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1267190,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "故人をしのんで、記念碑が建てられた。",
"furigana": "{故人|こじん}をしのんで、{記念碑|きねんひ}が{建|た}てられた。",
"en": "A monument was erected in memory of the deceased.",
"tatoeba_id": 174513
},
{
"ja": "彼はひざまずいて故人の霊に祈りをささげた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}はひざまずいて{故人|こじん}の{霊|れい}に{祈|いの}りをささげた。",
"en": "He got down on his knees and prayed for the souls of the deceased.",
"tatoeba_id": 111184
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "7a5e7afdd9f4994ef1a74b51ef9f70b77406cde9e93f7c3b145764d6414781a8",
"meanings": [
"故人",
"死者"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "故人をしのんで、記念碑が建てられた。",
"zh": "人们为纪念逝者建了一座纪念碑。"
},
{
"ja": "彼はひざまずいて故人の霊に祈りをささげた。",
"zh": "他跪下为死者的灵魂祈祷。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/0114b5768e",
"JMdict ent_seq 1267190; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "0636defbac557db949420ba9a63ed0d2f8da14cba5e8c93eca252adcb081e517",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}