Vocab Info
N1 Adverb, Noun
約approximately, about, promise, shortening, reduction, simplification, contraction (in phonetics)
Dictionary Definition
Common
Adverb
1.
approximately, about
Noun
2.
promise, appointment, engagement
Noun
3.
shortening, reduction, simplification
Noun
4.
contraction (in phonetics)
Linguistics,See Also:
All Forms
約 【やく】
Details
Pitch Accent
や
く
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友達との約は守らないといけない。
You have to keep the promises you make to your friends.
長い文章を読んで、三文で約を作りました。
After reading a long passage, I made a three-sentence summary.
このバッグの値段は九万九千円、つまり約十万円だ。
This bag costs 99,000 yen, or, in other words, about 100,000 yen.
友達が交わした約を破ろうものなら、その友達と縁を切るまでです。
If a friend were to break a promise we made, that'd be the end of our relationship.
カナダは日本の約二十六倍の面積を持っているとあって、資源も豊富である。
Canada is about 26 times the size of Japan, so it’s no surprise that it has abundant natural resources.
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