Illustration: At a kitchen table, a parent divides a basket of mandarins into small paper bags for neighbors. One open tray holds ten mandarins arranged clearly in two rows of five, providing a reference. Beside it, three shallow bags contain similarly sized batches, with nine, ten, and eleven fruit visible.

JLPT N3adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

約やく

yaku

approximately, about

Example sentences

  1. その値段ねだんは約やく５０ドルだった。

    The price was in the neighbourhood of 50 dollars.

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  2. 約やく１ヶ月かげつです。

    It’s about one month.

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  3. 私わたしは約やく１マイル歩あるいた。

    I walked about a mile.

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Kanji in 約

  • 約promise; approximatelyOnヤクKunつづまる・つづめる・つづまやか

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