算盤
N2そろばん soroban
- 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"
}
}