予約

See also: 預約 and 豫約

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
やく
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
豫約 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やく [yòyákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [jo̞ja̠kɯ̟]

Noun

()(やく) • (yoyaku

  1. reservation, booking
  2. appointment; an arrangement for a meeting
  3. subscription

Verb

()(やく)する • (yoyaku surusuru (stem ()(やく) (yoyaku shi), past ()(やく)した (yoyaku shita))

  1. reserve
  2. make an appointment
  3. subscribe

Usage notes

In the sense “appointment”, 予約 is primarily used to mean “the arrangement, scheduling”; for an appointed meeting itself, 約束 is used instead.

Conjugation

See also

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN