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絶ぜつ望ぼう

N1
ぜつぼう zetsubou
  1. despair
  2. hopelessness
nounする verbintransitiveの-adjective

Chinese meanings

绝望

Examples

  • 私はしばしば絶望感に襲われた。
    I was often seized by despair.
    我常常感到绝望。
  • 彼かの女じょは夫おっとが亡なくなって絶ぜつ望ぼうしていた。
    She was in despair when her husband died.
    丈夫去世后,她陷入了绝望。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('ecd2111666'); // 絶望
{
  "id": "ecd2111666",
  "word": "絶望",
  "reading": "ぜつぼう",
  "romaji": "zetsubou",
  "meanings": [
    "despair",
    "hopelessness"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vi",
    "adj-no"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1386960,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "私はしばしば絶望感に襲われた。",
      "en": "I was often seized by despair.",
      "tatoeba_id": 160629
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女は夫が亡くなって絶望していた。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{夫|おっと}が{亡|な}くなって{絶望|ぜつぼう}していた。",
      "en": "She was in despair when her husband died.",
      "tatoeba_id": 86963
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "a184fd128126b7bc14e3294ace52ea76a7755b47bd458091ef91299224419887",
    "meanings": [
      "绝望"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "私はしばしば絶望感に襲われた。",
        "zh": "我常常感到绝望。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女は夫が亡くなって絶望していた。",
        "zh": "丈夫去世后,她陷入了绝望。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/ecd2111666",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1386960; 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": "845c421ac4ec33531042b0185a568b69de9e3d57f11a5bc7b612f8ac46922853"
  }
}