要約

See also: 要约

Chinese

important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
 
appointment; agreement; to arrange
appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
 
trad. (要約)
simp. (要约)

Pronunciation 1


Verb

要約

  1. (literary) to restrict; to limit
  2. (literary) to agree to a contract
  3. (law) to offer; to bid

Pronunciation 2


Adjective

要約

  1. (literary) succinct; concise; brief

Pronunciation 3

  • Jin (Wiktionary): iau3 ieh4

  • Jin
    • (Taiyuan)+
      • Wiktionary: iau3 ieh4
      • Sinological IPA (old-style): /iau⁴⁵ iəʔ²/

Verb

要約

  1. (Jin) to guess; to estimate
Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: 4
やく
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

/jeujaku//joːjaku/

From Middle Chinese 要約 (MC 'jiew|'jiewH 'jiewH|'jak, “important bond or agreement”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yāoyuē.

Pronunciation

Noun

(よう)(やく) • (yōyakuえうやく (euyaku)?

  1. abridgment (shortened version), summary
  2. a compact or contract, an agreement, a promise

Verb

(よう)(やく)する • (yōyaku suruえうやく (euyaku)?transitive suru (stem (よう)(やく) (yōyaku shi), past (よう)(やく)した (yōyaku shita))

  1. to sum up, to summarize
  2. to enter into compact or contract, to form an agreement, to make a promise

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN