褒美
N1ほうび houbi
- reward
- prize
noun
Chinese meanings
奖赏
Examples
- 自然界には褒美もなければ罰もない。In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments.自然界没有奖赏也没有惩罚。
- 彼女は彼を責めるどころか、彼に褒美をあげた。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"
}
}