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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

算そろ盤ばん

N2
そろばん soroban
  1. abacus
noun

Chinese meanings

算盘

Examples

  • 算盤とは日本のアバカスのことだ。
    A "soroban" is a type of Japanese abacus.
    算盘就是日本式的珠算工具。
  • いや算盤やってるから暗算得意なのかと思って。
    No, I just thought that since you can use an abacus, you might be good at doing calculations in your head.
    我以为你因为学算盘所以擅长心算。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('fa1efb5872'); // 算盤
{
  "id": "fa1efb5872",
  "word": "算盤",
  "reading": "そろばん",
  "romaji": "soroban",
  "meanings": [
    "abacus"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1596700,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "算盤とは日本のアバカスのことだ。",
      "en": "A \"soroban\" is a type of Japanese abacus.",
      "tatoeba_id": 1598218
    },
    {
      "ja": "いや算盤やってるから暗算得意なのかと思って。",
      "en": "No, I just thought that since you can use an abacus, you might be good at doing calculations in your head.",
      "tatoeba_id": 1619858
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "f086f0ef64288ecad6c0564a4eea3e6baab97ae76a55d3d99523d9c4cda8f230",
    "meanings": [
      "算盘"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "算盤とは日本のアバカスのことだ。",
        "zh": "算盘就是日本式的珠算工具。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "いや算盤やってるから暗算得意なのかと思って。",
        "zh": "我以为你因为学算盘所以擅长心算。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/fa1efb5872",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1596700; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "4bfa7d7fe9c5922bd66d5504a6032aa54110a55f6fe0c0f0befae8dfdc37e231"
  }
}