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発はつ明めい

N3
はつめい hatsumei
  1. invention
nounする verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

发明

Examples

  • エジソンが電でん球きゅうを発はつ明めいした。
    Edison invented the light bulb.
    爱迪生发明了电灯泡。
  • 発はつ明めいはいわば必ひつ要ようから生うまれるのだ。
    Inventions are born, so to speak, of necessity.
    可以说,发明源于需求。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('d9d15cf734'); // 発明
{
  "id": "d9d15cf734",
  "word": "発明",
  "reading": "はつめい",
  "romaji": "hatsumei",
  "meanings": [
    "invention"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1477910,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "エジソンが電球を発明した。",
      "furigana": "エジソンが{電球|でんきゅう}を{発明|はつめい}した。",
      "en": "Edison invented the light bulb.",
      "tatoeba_id": 227978
    },
    {
      "ja": "発明はいわば必要から生まれるのだ。",
      "furigana": "{発明|はつめい}はいわば{必要|ひつよう}から{生|う}まれるのだ。",
      "en": "Inventions are born, so to speak, of necessity.",
      "tatoeba_id": 121306
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "f9b38bca1a51b0f0ba143d7ededa7fa705ded24ca84445c325eab836f9182f3a",
    "meanings": [
      "发明"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "エジソンが電球を発明した。",
        "zh": "爱迪生发明了电灯泡。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "発明はいわば必要から生まれるのだ。",
        "zh": "可以说,发明源于需求。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/d9d15cf734",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1477910; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "b1b64a17d599074661c6a2fb90412db31e11ff66d239a3c8f6bab1a47e508189"
  }
}