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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

言いい訳わけ

N1
いいわけ iiwake
  1. excuse
  2. explanation
nounする verbtransitiveintransitive

Chinese meanings

借口;辩解

Examples

  • 彼かれは言いい訳わけを考かんがえ出だすのがうまい。
    He is inventive of excuses.
    他很擅长找借口。
  • もう言いい訳わけなんか聞ききたくないね。
    I don't want to hear any more excuses.
    我不想再听借口了。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('79e98bddbd'); // 言い訳
{
  "id": "79e98bddbd",
  "word": "言い訳",
  "reading": "いいわけ",
  "romaji": "iiwake",
  "meanings": [
    "excuse",
    "explanation"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vt",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1587030,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は言い訳を考え出すのがうまい。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{言|い}い{訳|わけ}を{考|かんが}え{出|だ}すのがうまい。",
      "en": "He is inventive of excuses.",
      "tatoeba_id": 107595
    },
    {
      "ja": "もう言い訳なんか聞きたくないね。",
      "furigana": "もう{言|い}い{訳|わけ}なんか{聞|き}きたくないね。",
      "en": "I don't want to hear any more excuses.",
      "tatoeba_id": 194216
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "8675501836104244184ca2ef44c1a56c7949d0446ee07a41ef5769799ec62600",
    "meanings": [
      "借口",
      "辩解"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は言い訳を考え出すのがうまい。",
        "zh": "他很擅长找借口。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "もう言い訳なんか聞きたくないね。",
        "zh": "我不想再听借口了。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/79e98bddbd",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1587030; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "83a6b7eccfbcdd0ffc6f69f36f1f2852bcb065f09a397dcbc4c900d68bc1bab0",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}