Vocab Info

N1 Adverb, Noun

(やく)approximately, about, promise, shortening, reduction, simplification, contraction (in phonetics)

    Dictionary Definition

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    1. Adverb

      1.

      approximately, about

    2. Noun

      2.

      promise, appointment, engagement

    3. Noun

      3.

      shortening, reduction, simplification

    4. Noun

      4.

      contraction (in phonetics)

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    約 【やく】

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    Examples

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      友達(ともだち)との(やく)(まも)らないといけない。

      You have to keep the promises you make to your friends.

      • N1

      (なが)文章(ぶんしょう)()んで、(さん)(ぶん)(やく)(つく)りました。

      After reading a long passage, I made a three-sentence summary.

      • N1

      このバッグの値段(ねだん)(きゅう)(まん)(きゅう)(せん)(えん)、つまり(やく)(じゅう)(まん)(えん)だ。

      This bag costs 99,000 yen, or, in other words, about 100,000 yen.

      • N1

      友達(ともだち)()わした(やく)(やぶ)ろうものなら、その友達(ともだち)(えん)()るまでです。

      If a friend were to break a promise we made, that'd be the end of our relationship.

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      カナダは日本(にほん)(やく)二十六(にじゅうろく)(ばい)面積(めんせき)()っているとあって、資源(しげん)豊富(ほうふ)である。

      Canada is about 26 times the size of Japan, so it’s no surprise that it has abundant natural resources.

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