約（やく）
JLPT N4 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: approximately / about
Example sentences
- 駅まで約十分の道のりだ。 — It's about a ten-minute walk to the station.
- 会場には約五百人が来た。 — About five hundred people came to the venue.
Idioms & proverbs containing “約”
- 質素倹約 (しっそけんやく) — (practice of) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving
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