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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

褒ほう美び

N1
ほうび houbi
  1. reward
  2. prize
noun

Chinese meanings

奖赏

Examples

  • 自し然ぜん界かいには褒ほう美びもなければ罰ばつもない。
    In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments.
    自然界没有奖赏也没有惩罚。
  • 彼かの女じょは彼かれを責せめるどころか、彼かれに褒ほう美びをあげた。
    Far from blaming him, she gave him a reward.
    她不但没责备他,反而奖励了他。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('966b77c0d5'); // 褒美
{
  "id": "966b77c0d5",
  "word": "褒美",
  "reading": "ほうび",
  "romaji": "houbi",
  "meanings": [
    "reward",
    "prize"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1518050,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "自然界には褒美もなければ罰もない。",
      "furigana": "{自然界|しぜんかい}には{褒美|ほうび}もなければ{罰|ばつ}もない。",
      "en": "In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments.",
      "tatoeba_id": 150093
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼女は彼を責めるどころか、彼に褒美をあげた。",
      "furigana": "{彼女|かのじょ}は{彼|かれ}を{責|せ}めるどころか、{彼|かれ}に{褒美|ほうび}をあげた。",
      "en": "Far from blaming him, she gave him a reward.",
      "tatoeba_id": 87199
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "341e9e70e35f960ba09056415e8e30ee1845b39efe3b8b84d62c2639354ea88a",
    "meanings": [
      "奖赏"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "自然界には褒美もなければ罰もない。",
        "zh": "自然界没有奖赏也没有惩罚。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼女は彼を責めるどころか、彼に褒美をあげた。",
        "zh": "她不但没责备他,反而奖励了他。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/966b77c0d5",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1518050; 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": "69cedec73e199004c1b2c70bead0aa48b09dea7158eb06319336e4461ecca209"
  }
}