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昨日きのう

N5
きのう kinou
  1. yesterday
nounadverb

Chinese meanings

昨天

Examples

  • きのう先生は今日テストをすると言った。
    Yesterday the teacher told us that he would give us a test today.
    昨天老师说今天要考试。
  • 昨日はなんともひどい天気だった。
    The weather was miserable yesterday.
    昨天天气真糟糕。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a94a4be08f'); // 昨日
{
  "id": "a94a4be08f",
  "word": "昨日",
  "reading": "きのう",
  "romaji": "kinou",
  "meanings": [
    "yesterday"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1579260,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "きのう先生は今日テストをすると言った。",
      "en": "Yesterday the teacher told us that he would give us a test today.",
      "tatoeba_id": 225950
    },
    {
      "ja": "昨日はなんともひどい天気だった。",
      "en": "The weather was miserable yesterday.",
      "tatoeba_id": 169994
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "7a04aff5a30f16cea58a15677ccf58a9af29d96abaadf50876041f5ad377d6b7",
    "meanings": [
      "昨天"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "きのう先生は今日テストをすると言った。",
        "zh": "昨天老师说今天要考试。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "昨日はなんともひどい天気だった。",
        "zh": "昨天天气真糟糕。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/a94a4be08f",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "7ba8f3dabc2d805915e938309d2ac07b8e72627348bd841b4a4115668548df29"
  }
}