約束

Meanings

1. promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact
2. appointment; engagement; date
3. convention; rule
4. destiny; fate

Part of speech: noun, suru verb, transitive

Kanji

• 約

  Meanings

  promise, approximately, shrink

  On reading

  ヤク

  Kun reading

  つづ.まる、つづ.める、つづま.やか

  Strokes

  9

• 束

  Meanings

  bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles

  On reading

  ソク

  Kun reading

  たば、たば.ねる、つか、つか.ねる

  Strokes

  7

Example sentences

• 自分が約束したことはちゃんと実行するように最善を尽くすべきだ。

  You should do your best to carry out your promises.

  Tatoeba #149988 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ジムは映画に行く約束をしたガールフレンドに待ちぼうけをくわされ、雨の中を一時間も待たされて頭にきている。

  Jim's angry because his date for the movie stood him up and he wasted an hour waiting for her in the rain.

  Tatoeba #215992 · CC BY 2.0 FR