ちか
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)
1. to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
Pitch accent
かう
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
to pledge before God
to swear falsely
Examples (16 in total)
I swear, John.
I swear I'll wait for you.
I swear on my life that it's true!
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 give up smoking.
I vowed that I would never speak to her again.
He pledged to marry me when he returned home.
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.
You should swear on the Bible.
I broke the marriage vows that I had sworn to Don Jose, my husband.