約
N3やく yaku
- approximately
- about
- some
adverb
Chinese meanings
大约
Examples
- その値段は約50ドルだった。The price was in the neighbourhood of 50 dollars.价格大约是五十美元。
- その市は約400万の人口がある。The city has a population of about four million.那座城市人口约四百万。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('abfa120074'); // 約
{
"id": "abfa120074",
"word": "約",
"reading": "やく",
"romaji": "yaku",
"meanings": [
"approximately",
"about",
"some"
],
"level": "N3",
"pos": [
"adv"
],
"jmdict_id": 1538100,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "その値段は約50ドルだった。",
"furigana": "その{値段|ねだん}は{約|やく}50ドルだった。",
"en": "The price was in the neighbourhood of 50 dollars.",
"tatoeba_id": 207991
},
{
"ja": "その市は約400万の人口がある。",
"furigana": "その{市|し}は{約|やく}400{万|まん}の{人口|じんこう}がある。",
"en": "The city has a population of about four million.",
"tatoeba_id": 210088
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "ee82e160c8fc2cdcfb8c039b5e4481dd73fe6ec0d4e1e154e2e7ae58c3275362",
"meanings": [
"大约"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "その値段は約50ドルだった。",
"zh": "价格大约是五十美元。"
},
{
"ja": "その市は約400万の人口がある。",
"zh": "那座城市人口约四百万。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n3/abfa120074",
"JMdict ent_seq 1538100; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "3ba400e94a5559b29f30c96e7efbc84d9c3aae67cbe8f1b9df24b5007598e5c0"
}
}