じょうやく
Meanings
Noun
1. 箇条書の約束、条目をあげた約定のこと。
2. 国家間や国家と国際機関との間の権利・義務をとりきめた文書による約束。
Kanji used
clause
promise
Pitch accent
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うやく
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Composed of
① 一つずつ書き分けた文章。箇条。② 条坊制で、南北を九つに分けた一区画。③ 古代、条里制の耕地の一区画。④ (やや古)こと。かど。段。⑤ (古)(接続助詞的に)(「候条」の形で)~によって。~故に。候間。⑥ (やや古)(接続助詞的に)(「とは言い条」の形で)とは言うものの。とは言え。
① 約束すること。とりきめ。誓い。② 縮めたもの。短縮すること。③ 約音の略称。
Used in vocabulary (66 in total)
non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928); Pact of Paris
security treaty (esp. US-Japan Security Treaty)
Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty
Treaty of Portsmouth (ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905)
signatory (country); party (to a treaty)
Treaty of Tianjin (1858, 1871, 1885)
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Convention of Peking (1860)
Treaty of Rome (treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 1957)
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; NPT
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Treaty of Aigun (1858)
Vienna Convention (on Diplomatic Relations)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands
Treaty of Nanking (1842)
Convention of Peking (1860)
Treaty of Shimoda (1855); treaty initiating official relations between Russia and Japan
nonaggression pact; nonaggression treaty
ANZUS Treaty (Australia, New Zealand and the United States)
safety of life at sea; SOLAS
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (United Nations, 1948)
Treaty of San Stefano (ending the Russo-Turkish War, 1878)
Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty; FMCT
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (1972); London Convention
reciprocal treaty; treaty of reciprocity
tax treaty; bilateral tax agreement
Examples (9 in total)
The treaty was signed.
The two countries negotiated a treaty.
The treaty bans the use of chemical weapons.