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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

約やく

N3
やく yaku
  1. approximately
  2. about
  3. some
adverb

Chinese meanings

大约

Examples

  • その値ね段だんは約やく50ドルだった。
    The price was in the neighbourhood of 50 dollars.
    价格大约是五十美元。
  • その市しは約やく400万まんの人じん口こうがある。
    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"
  }
}