臆病
N1おくびょう okubyou
- cowardice
- timidity
な-adjectivenoun
Chinese meanings
胆小;怯懦
Examples
- 彼がああ臆病だとは思わなかった。I did not think he was so timid.没想到他那么胆小。
- 彼は臆病というより内気だ。He is more shy than timid.与其说他胆小,不如说他害羞。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e3025feafa'); // 臆病
{
"id": "e3025feafa",
"word": "臆病",
"reading": "おくびょう",
"romaji": "okubyou",
"meanings": [
"cowardice",
"timidity"
],
"level": "N1",
"pos": [
"adj-na",
"n"
],
"jmdict_id": 1182790,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼がああ臆病だとは思わなかった。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}がああ{臆病|おくびょう}だとは{思|おも}わなかった。",
"en": "I did not think he was so timid.",
"tatoeba_id": 121126
},
{
"ja": "彼は臆病というより内気だ。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{臆病|おくびょう}というより{内気|うちき}だ。",
"en": "He is more shy than timid.",
"tatoeba_id": 109514
}
],
"zh": {
"source_hash": "6d8903afc9587d74ddb5bfabb23209c5c80ae0441cdb6c68171d51dfc487e9e7",
"meanings": [
"胆小",
"怯懦"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "彼がああ臆病だとは思わなかった。",
"zh": "没想到他那么胆小。"
},
{
"ja": "彼は臆病というより内気だ。",
"zh": "与其说他胆小,不如说他害羞。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n1/e3025feafa",
"JMdict ent_seq 1182790; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"review_hash": "9b4f084edaad80f6ba9b91a534368f31584e1ee59355a0b9063fbc7cdd9c8069",
"status": "reviewed",
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
}
}