じょうやく
Meanings
Noun
1. treaty; pact; convention; agreement
Pitch accent
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うやく
Composed of
article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
Used in vocabulary (75 in total)
non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928); Pact of Paris
international treaty
treaty of friendship
Warsaw Treaty Organization
security treaty; security pact; US-Japan Security Treaty
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
security treaty (esp. US-Japan Security Treaty)
Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
treaty of alliance
Treaty of Portsmouth (ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905)
treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty
Japan-Soviet Neutrality Pact (1941)
Convention on the Rights of the Child
signatory (country); party (to a treaty)
Treaty of Westphalia (1648)
treaty of commerce and navigation
Maastricht Treaty (1992)
Treaty of Tianjin (1858, 1871, 1885)
Treaty of Nanking (1842)
Outer Space Treaty
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Convention of Peking (1860)
Convention of Kanagawa (March 31, 1854); Kanagawa Treaty; Japan-US Treaty of Peace and Amity; treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa shogunate that ended Japan's policy of national seclusion
provisional treaty
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty; START
Treaty of Rome (treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 1957)
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; NPT
Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty (1910)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands
Treaty of Aigun (1858)
Hague Convention
United Nations convention
Vienna Convention (on Diplomatic Relations)
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Convention on the Rights of the Child
reciprocal treaty; treaty of reciprocity
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (1972); London Convention
Universal Copyright Convention
ANZUS Treaty (Australia, New Zealand and the United States)
safety of life at sea; SOLAS
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (United Nations, 1948)
Treaty of San Stefano (ending the Russo-Turkish War, 1878)
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty (1910)
Treaty on European Union (1993)
Convention on Biological Diversity; CBD
Treaty of Shimoda (1855); treaty initiating official relations between Russia and Japan
Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe; CFE
nonaggression pact; nonaggression treaty
Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty; FMCT
tax treaty; bilateral tax agreement
Geneva Conventions (four treaties of 1949)
Geneva Conventions (four treaties of 1949)
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization; SEATO
United Nations Climate Change Conference; Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; COP
Examples (9 in total)
The treaty was not a success.
The treaty was signed.
The two countries negotiated a treaty.