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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
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誓ちかう

N2
ちかう chikau
  1. to swear
  2. to vow
  3. to take an oath
  4. to pledge
godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

发誓;誓言

Examples

  • 君きみは聖せい書しょに手てをのせて誓ちかうべきだ。
    You should swear on the Bible.
    你应该把手放在圣经上宣誓。
  • トムは二に度どと遅ち刻こくしないと誓ちかった。
    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"
  }
}