約束

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jaku̥soku/

Noun

約束 (hiragana やくそく, romaji yakusoku)

  1. a promise
  2. an appointment (the meeting itself)
  3. a convention; something that is conventional
  4. something that is preordained

Verb

約束 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana やくそくする, romaji yakusoku suru)約束する 約束 suru

  1. promise

Conjugation

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Korean

Hanja in this word

Noun

約束 (yaksok)

  1. Hanja form? of 약속, “promise”.

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Mandarin

simpl. 约束
trad.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ yɛ˥˥ʂu˥˩ ]

Verb

約束 (traditional, Pinyin yuēshù, simplified 约束)

  1. (Advanced Mandarin) to restrict; to restrain
  2. (literary) to agree upon; to appoint; to settle on

Synonyms

References

  • "約束" (in Mandarin), Guoyu Cidian On-line Mandarin Dictionary (國語辭典). URL accessed on 2008-02-17.
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