やくそく
Meanings
Noun
1. 当事者間でのとりきめ。将来についての、自己の行動を他者に言明すること。
2. ひろく守るべききまりごと。ルール。慣習。
3. パターン化された進行。
4. 望ましいものが確実に得られると見込まれること。
Pitch accent
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Composed of
① 約束すること。とりきめ。誓い。② 縮めたもの。短縮すること。③ 約音の略称。
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
as one promised
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
① 口頭で約束すること。
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
appointment; rendezvous; date
to break one's promise
Promised Land
engagement; betrothal; marriage contract
as promised; true to one's promise
promissory note
solemn promise
empty promise
marriage vows
Examples (112 in total)
A promise is a promise.
I can't promise you.
"Do you promise?" "Yes, I promise."