おやくそく – Vocabulary details

おやくそく

Meanings

Noun

Verb (する, transitive)

Honorific

Humble

1. promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date

お約やく束そくはおありでしたかな。Did you have an appointment?

Adjective (の)

Noun

2. something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

こういう時ときのお約やく束そくで深しん呼こ吸きゅうひとつ。As is customary in times like these, I take a deep breath.

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お

やく

そく

Conjugations...Used in: 23

Composed of

お

honorific/polite/humble prefix

やくそく

promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule

Examples (8 in total)

もはやおやくそくですね。

By now it's practically a running gag, isn't it?

繰くり返かえさないことをおやくそくします。

I promise not to repeat it.

おやくそくはおありでしたかな。

Did you have an appointment?

ですから、決けっしておやくそくはできません。

Therefore, I absolutely cannot make a promise.

こういう時ときのおやくそくで深しん呼こ吸きゅうひとつ。

As is customary in times like these, I take a deep breath.

このような間ま違ちがいは二に度どと起おこらないことをおやくそくします。

I assure you that an error like this will never happen again.

私わたしとの連れん絡らくを保たもつよう、おやくそくいただけますか。

Would you promise to keep in touch with me?

ただ単たんに、物もの語がたりのおやくそくとして期き待たいしただけである。

I merely expected it as a standard trope of the story.

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Composed of

Examples (8 in total)

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