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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

故こ人じん

N1
こじん kojin
  1. the deceased
  2. old friend
noun

Chinese meanings

故人;死者

Examples

  • 故こ人じんをしのんで、記き念ねん碑ひが建たてられた。
    A monument was erected in memory of the deceased.
    人们为纪念逝者建了一座纪念碑。
  • 彼かれはひざまずいて故こ人じんの霊れいに祈いのりをささげた。
    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"
  }
}