Illustration: At a small civil wedding ceremony in Japan, a couple faces each other with their right hands joined and their free hands held over their hearts. Both look directly into the other's eyes with unusually serious, tender expressions. An officiant and two close relatives stand nearby as witnesses.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

誓ちかい

chikai

oath, vow

Example sentences

  1. タバコを止とめるという誓ちかいは、毎年まいとし、新年しんねんの抱負ほうふランキングのトップ10に入はいっている。

    The pledge to stop smoking cigarettes ranks among the top ten New Year’s resolutions year after year.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれらはエルサレム巡礼じゅんれいの誓ちかいを立たてていたが、国際情勢こくさいじょうせいの悪化あっかで果はたせなかった。

    They took an oath to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, but could not make the trip due to worsening international security.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. これも内容ないようが不明ふめいだが、前まえの誓ちかいと同おなじだと思おもわれる。

    The content of the pact is also unknown, but it seems to be same as the former pledge.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 誓

  • 誓vow; swearOnセイKunちかう

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