Word Meaning 破約

はやく hayaku

破約 is read as はやく (hayaku) and means breaking (an agreement, promise).

Meaning

English

  1. breaking (an agreement, promise)
  2. cancellation (of a contract)

Reading

Kana

はやく

Romaji

hayaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 90496 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

約束破る

やくそくやぶる

to break a promise

約束を破る

やくそくをやぶる

to break a promise

婚約破棄

こんやくはき

breaking off an engagement

破産

はさん

bankruptcy

破局

はきょく

catastrophe

破る

やぶる

to break (a record)

破れる

やぶれる

to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.)

破格

はかく

solecistic

破談

はだん

breaking off (an engagement, negotiations, etc.)

破産法

はさんほう

Bankruptcy Act

破れ目

やれめ

rent

破体

はたい

in calligraphy, an abbreviated or mistaken form of a character, or a work written in more than one calligraphic style