誓ちかう
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)
1. to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
Do you also swear?
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Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
Examples (21 in total)
Do you also swear?
I swear, John.
I vow to reform my heart.
I swear on my life that it's true!
I swore so in my heart.
I have promised myself to read more books.
It's not me, I swear!
Do you promise not to tell anyone anything?
You must swear to keep your promise.
Tom promised never to be late again.
He vowed to win back the title.
I vowed that I would never speak to her again.
He said under oath that his birthplace was Italy.
They won't believe me even if I swear it is true.
We bound her to secrecy.
That alone, he had quietly sworn in his heart.
You should swear on the Bible.
So it is something you can swear will not change in the future, that resolution.
I swore that I would become a great man someday, and I have come this far.
I swear in all seriousness that I'll show them on the next test.
I broke the marriage vows that I had sworn to Don Jose, my husband.