約やく束そく
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact
Noun
2. appointment; engagement; date
3. convention; rule
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
4. destiny; fate
Kanji used
promise
bundle
Pitch accent
や
くそく
Top 600
Composed of
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
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); fascicle
Used in vocabulary (22 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)
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
Examples (121 in total)
A promise is a promise.
I promise I'll come back.
I can't promise you.