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故こ障しょう

N4
こしょう koshou
  1. to break-down
nounする verbintransitive

Chinese meanings

故障;出故障

Examples

  • 車くるまが故こ障しょうしたので遅おくれました。
    I was late because my car broke down.
    因为车坏了,所以迟到了。
  • 時計とけいがどこか故こ障しょうしているらしい。
    I'm afraid something is wrong with my watch.
    钟表好像有什么地方坏了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ce133477e7'); // 故障
{
  "id": "ce133477e7",
  "word": "故障",
  "reading": "こしょう",
  "romaji": "koshou",
  "meanings": [
    "to break-down"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1267180,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "車が故障したので遅れました。",
      "furigana": "{車|くるま}が{故障|こしょう}したので{遅|おく}れました。",
      "en": "I was late because my car broke down.",
      "tatoeba_id": 149121
    },
    {
      "ja": "時計がどこか故障しているらしい。",
      "furigana": "{時計|とけい}がどこか{故障|こしょう}しているらしい。",
      "en": "I'm afraid something is wrong with my watch.",
      "tatoeba_id": 150514
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "3c8b41fbe1d2f1f5ea287bd17175a7a612796db9a812ddce3b93e1ea368dba4e",
    "meanings": [
      "故障",
      "出故障"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "車が故障したので遅れました。",
        "zh": "因为车坏了,所以迟到了。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "時計がどこか故障しているらしい。",
        "zh": "钟表好像有什么地方坏了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/ce133477e7",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "9e5a4179b651c82aa579a819d7afbafb990a99dfe8fc3da6683cbd5c11cc91ca"
  }
}