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約 - N3 Kanji

Meaning of 約 意味

promise, approximately, shrink

約 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

つづ.まる tsuzu.maru
つづ.める tsuzu.meru
つづま.やか tsuzuma.yaka

KUNYOMI 訓読み

ヤク yaku

Examples

その値段は約50ドルだった。The price was in the neighbourhood of 50 dollars.
生徒は全部で約千人です。There are about a thousand students in all.
私は今までに約100冊の本を読んだ。I’ve read some hundred books so far.
私は約1マイル歩いた。I walked about a mile.
日本の人口は約1億2000万人です。The population of Japan is about 120 million.
中国の人口は日本の約8倍です。The population of China is about eight times as large as that of Japan.
私はそれを約12ドルで買った。I bought it for about twelve dollars.
1マイルは約1600メートルにあたる。A mile is equal to about 1,600 meters.
中国は日本の約25倍の広さだ。China is about twenty-five times as large as Japan.
その市の人口は約10万である。The population of the city is about 100,000.

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