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約やく
Meanings
Adverb
1. approximately; about
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)
Kanji used
約
promise
Pitch accent
や
く
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Used in: 3384
Used in vocabulary (47 in total)
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
engagement; betrothal
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
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Examples (81 in total)
My menstrual cycle is about every four weeks.
The lake is about 25 meters deep.
About two hours have passed.
The radius of Earth is about 6,000 kilometers.
It's about 133 kilometers from London.
The population of Canada is about 26 million.
"How long will it take?" "About two weeks."
The surface temperature of the sun is assumed to be about 6000°C.
There were twenty or so people there.
That mountain is about three thousand meters high.
There are about a thousand students in all.
Their conversation was carried on for about an hour.
The earth is about six times as large as the moon.
She lived there about five years.
The human brain weighs about three pounds.
The board is about two meters long.
There are about 6 billion people in the world.
There are about thirty police officers.
China is about twenty-five times as large as Japan.
I bought it for about twelve dollars.
There are about 500 cattle on the ranch.
My town has a population of about 30,000 people.
The population of the city is about 100,000.
The population of Japan is about 120 million.
The population of Spain is about one-third as large as that of Japan.
About one third of the earth's surface is land.
He caught twenty butterflies.
This tree is about 300 years old.
About 1.2 million people die from car crashes every year.
Our school has about one thousand students.
There are about forty students in her class.
The city has a population of about four million.
I lost my son about a decade ago.
The circumference of a circle is about three times its diameter.
This town has a population of about 10,000.
I do that about three hours every day.
This city has a population of about 100,000.
That country is about twice as large as Japan.
About two million pounds of wheat were exported annually.
Last year my income was about five million yen.
I saw a fishing boat about a mile off the shore.
The population of that country is about three-fourths of that of Japan.
There were some three thousand people who took part in the strike last week.
This jet travels about three times as fast as the speed of sound.
The train was derailed and about thirty passengers were either killed or injured.
Mix about four cups of white flour with a pinch of salt.
I sent about 2.2 billion spam emails over a period of around one and a half years.
There remain approximately 900 art sketches by Leonardo da Vinci.
Advertising makes up about 7% of this company's expenses.
The population of Wellington is only about one fortieth that of Tokyo.
This dictionary contains about 40,000 headwords.
The factory has laid off some three hundred workers.
There are forty-one teachers and about eight hundred students in this school.
This pond is about two kilometers around.
They fly about 35,000 km in eight months.
She has about 2,000 books.
The sun is about 1,000,000 times as large as the earth.
It took John about two weeks to get over his illness.
We live about three miles above this bridge.
The population of your city is about five times as large as that of my town.
The price was only three thousand yen, or about thirty dollars.
The dictionary contains about half a million words.
The bridge between Denmark and Sweden is almost five miles long.
The light travels at about 186,000 miles a second.
The average American wedding costs about $30,000.
It takes about three hours until all the sand falls.
Allen, the total number of residents is about three hundred.
"How far is it from here to the station?" "It is about two miles."
It took me about an hour to read this book through.
My school is about ten minutes' walk from the station.
The island is about two miles off the coast.
One book is thin and the other is thick; the thick one has about 200 pages.
As of April 1, the population is about fifty thousand.
I'm making about four times as much myself as when I first hired Tony.
The current height is approximately eight meters, which is the height of two floors of a building.
Tom told me that he sells about 300 cars a year.
Quickly stop the flow of milk, leave to stand for approximately 30 minutes for the milk to solidify.
He went to Italy ten years ago and has lived there ever since.
Here are about five thousand yen worth of points I have saved up.
In addition to about 30,000 yen, the wallet contained his driver's license.
Father came home about ten minutes ago.