Definition of (やく)

やく

やく

yaku

adverb
1.
approximately, about
noun
2.
promise, appointment, engagement
3.
shortening, reduction, simplification
4.
contraction (in phonetics)(linguistics)
See also:約音
Related Kanji
promise, approximately, shrink
Example sentences(showing 1-20 of 113 results)

いっぽう
一方
ほん
うす
薄い
ほう
他方
あつ
厚い
あつ
厚い
やく
200
One book is thin. The other is thick. The thick one has about 200 pages

かのじょ
彼女
やく
ねんかん
年間
She lived there about five years

きみ
君の
じんこう
人口
わた
私の
まち
じんこう
人口
やく
ばい
The population of your city is about five times as large as that of my town

やま
かいばつ
海抜
やく
3000
The mountain is about 3000 meters above sea level

やく
400
まん
じんこう
人口
The city has a population of about four million

ちょっけ
直径
ふか
あな
やく
かん
時間
はん
It took me about two and a half hours to dig a hole one meter in diameter and two meters in depth

ほん
日本
かいしゃ
会社
やく
50
じゅうぎょういん
従業員
なが
長く
きゅうか
休暇
あた
与える
ひつようせい
必要性
みと
認めて
せいしんてき
精神的
およ
及び
にくたいてき
肉体的な
きゅうよ
休養
あた
与える
なつやす
夏休み
ひつよう
必要
About 50 percent of the firms in Japan have acknowledged the necessity of giving their workers longer holidays, and think summer holidays are needed to give their workers both mental and physical refreshment

かれ
彼ら
げつ
ヶ月
やく
まん
せん
They fly about 35,000 km in eight months

わた
私の
きょねん
去年
しゅうにゅう
収入
やく
500
まん
えん
Last year my income was about five million yen

ジョン
びょうき
病気
なお
治す
やく
しゅうか
週間
It took John about two weeks to get over his illness

ちち
やく
10
ふん
まえ
たく
帰宅
Father came home about ten minutes ago

かれ
彼らの
かい
会話
やく
いちかん
一時間
つづ
続いた
Their conversation was carried on for about an hour

じんつう
陣痛
やく
45
びょ
My contractions last about forty-five seconds

わた
ほん
やく
いちかん
1時間
It took me about an hour to read this book through

The island is about two miles off the coast

わた
私たち
やく
ある
歩いた
We walked for about 6 kilometers

ディール
ない
市内
しゅうへ
周辺
やく
まん
せん
にん
まち
ちゅうしんぶ
中心部
ちい
小さく
ちい
小さな
まち
かん
感じ
About 27,000 people live in and around Deal, but it has a small town center and it feels very much like a small town

がっこう
学校
41
にん
せんせい
先生
やく
800
にん
がくせい
学生
There are forty-one teachers and about eight hundred students in this school

てん
事典
やく
50
まん
たん
単語
The dictionary contains about half a million words

The board is about two meters long
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