Japanese word
約束
やくそく
In your course · Chapter 24
- Part of speech
- noun
- Level
- B1
- Frequency
- No. 827 in the course corpus
Meanings
- appointment; promise
- promise
- agreement
- arrangement
- one's word
- contract
- pact
- appointment
- engagement
- date
- convention
- rule
- destiny
- fate
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Kanji
- 約
- On reading:
- ヤク
- Kun reading:
- つづ.まる、つづ.める、つづま.やか
- Meanings:
- promise, approximately, shrink
- 束
- On reading:
- ソク
- Kun reading:
- たば、たば.ねる、つか、つか.ねる
- Meanings:
- bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))