誓う
N2ちかう chikau
- to swear
- to vow
- to take an oath
- to pledge
godan verbtransitive
Chinese meanings
发誓;誓言
Examples
- 君は聖書に手をのせて誓うべきだ。You should swear on the Bible.你应该把手放在圣经上宣誓。
- トムは二度と遅刻しないと誓った。Tom promised he'd never be late again.汤姆发誓再也不迟到。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9f4dc60993'); // 誓う
{
"id": "9f4dc60993",
"word": "誓う",
"reading": "ちかう",
"romaji": "chikau",
"meanings": [
"to swear",
"to vow",
"to take an oath",
"to pledge"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"v5u",
"vt"
],
"jmdict_id": 1381210,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "君は聖書に手をのせて誓うべきだ。",
"furigana": "{君|きみ}は{聖書|せいしょ}に{手|て}をのせて{誓|ちか}うべきだ。",
"en": "You should swear on the Bible.",
"tatoeba_id": 177103
},
{
"ja": "トムは二度と遅刻しないと誓った。",
"furigana": "トムは{二度|にど}と{遅刻|ちこく}しないと{誓|ちか}った。",
"en": "Tom promised he'd never be late again.",
"tatoeba_id": 2321267
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "9cada5fd1ebf58715f7cecd0a0fc7fc1509aa64a60d0c9a3f12bf5f348ee92bc",
"meanings": [
"发誓",
"誓言"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "君は聖書に手をのせて誓うべきだ。",
"zh": "你应该把手放在圣经上宣誓。"
},
{
"ja": "トムは二度と遅刻しないと誓った。",
"zh": "汤姆发誓再也不迟到。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/9f4dc60993",
"JMdict ent_seq 1381210; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "7ac63fb7c4ffc6b898f96bd39d940494ea493ddf9b0c37efa235dde5039d1e0a"
}
}