やく – Vocabulary details

やく

Adverb

1. approximately; about

今いまの高たかさは約やく八はちメートル、ビル二に階かい分ぶんの高たかさだ。The current height is approximately eight meters, which is the height of two floors of a building.

Noun

2. promise; appointment; engagement

3. shortening; reduction; simplification

4. contraction (in phonetics)

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promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule

breaking (an agreement, promise); cancellation (of a contract)

approximate total (of)

月げっ経けい周しゅう期きはやく４週しゅう間かんです。

My menstrual cycle is about every four weeks.

湖みずうみはやく２５メートルの深ふかさだ。

The lake is about 25 meters deep.

やく二に時じ間かん経けい過かしました。

About two hours have passed.

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