発明
N3はつめい hatsumei
- invention
nounする verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
发明
Examples
- エジソンが電球を発明した。Edison invented the light bulb.爱迪生发明了电灯泡。
- 発明はいわば必要から生まれるのだ。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"
}
}