JōyōJLPT N3Kanken 7

Meaning

Kanji 約

promise

promise, approximately, shrink

Stroke Order
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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
つづ.まるつづ.めるつづま.やか
Onyomi 音読み
ヤク
Nanori 名乗り
-

Variant: 约 (Itaiji) • Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
Grade 4
JLPT
JLPT N3
Frequency
#94
Strokes
9
Radical
Components
Kanji Kentei
Level 7
Similar Kanji

Related vocabulary

Showing 36 common entries

Showing 36 of 378 entries that include this kanji.

約束

やくそく

convention

やく

contraction (in phonetics)

約款

やっかん

agreement

約束手形

やくそくてがた

promissory note

約定

やくじょう

agreement

約束どおり

やくそくどおり

as promised

約する

やくする

to promise

約まる

つづまる

to compress

約める

つづめる

to abridge

約やか

つづまやか

concise

約を交わす

やくをかわす

to exchange promises

約因

やくいん

consideration (in contract law, the thing given or done by the promisee in exchange for the promise)

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は束を守る人だ。

He is someone who keeps his promises.

駅まで十分です。

It's about ten minutes to the station.

長い説明をして話した。

He gave the long explanation in a shortened form.

旅行の費用をしたい。

I want to cut down on travel expenses.

明日の束を忘れないで。

Don't forget our promise for tomorrow.