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約やく
Meanings
Adverb
1. approximately; about
Noun
2. promise; appointment; engagement
3. shortening; reduction; simplification
4. contraction (in phonetics)
Alt. forms
約やく
98%
やく
1%
Kanji used
約
promise
Pitch accent
や
く
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Used in: 3072
Used in vocabulary (43 in total)
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
engagement; betrothal
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
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Examples (70 in total)
About two hours have passed.
"How long will it take?" "About two weeks."
There are about a thousand students in all.
The population of the city is about 100,000.
The population of Spain is about one-third as large as that of Japan.
About one third of the earth's surface is land.
The board is about two meters long.
I do that about three hours every day.
That country is about twice as large as Japan.
Last year my income was about five million yen.
This jet travels about three times as fast as the speed of sound.
She has about 2,000 books.
It took John about two weeks to get over his illness.
The sun is about 1,000,000 times as large as the earth.
The population of your city is about five times as large as that of my town.
My school is about ten minutes' walk from the station.
It took me about an hour to read this book through.
In addition to about 30,000 yen, the wallet contained his driver's license.
My menstrual cycle is about every four weeks.
The radius of Earth is about 6,000 kilometers.
It's about 133 kilometers from London.
The population of Canada is about 26 million.
There were twenty or so people there.
That mountain is about three thousand meters high.
She lived there about five years.
The earth is about six times as large as the moon.
The human brain weighs about three pounds.
There are about 6 billion people in the world.
The surface temperature of the sun is assumed to be about 6000°C.
It is about 1 mile from here to the station.
China is about twenty-five times as large as Japan.
Father came home about ten minutes ago.
My town has a population of about 30,000 people.
I bought it for about twelve dollars.
There are about 500 cattle on the ranch.
The population of Japan is about 120 million.
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.
About two million pounds of wheat were exported annually.
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.
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.
They fly about 35,000 km in eight months.
We live about three miles above this bridge.
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.
"How far is it from here to the station?" "It is about two miles."
The island is about two miles off the coast.
The earth makes one revolution around the sun in about 365 days.
One book is thin and the other is thick; the thick one has about 200 pages.
I'm making about four times as much myself as when I first hired Tony.
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.