"約束" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ja̠kɯ̟̊ᵝso̞kɯ̟ᵝ] Forms: 約束 [canonical] (ruby: (やく), (そく)), yakusoku [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|やくそく}} 約(やく)束(そく) • (yakusoku)
  1. a promise
    Sense id: en-約束-ja-noun-5GoA~adQ Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 39 2 2 2 5 31 2 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 24 6 7 3 9 19 7 26 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 18 7 3 9 19 17 12 15
  2. an appointment or social engagement (the meeting itself)
    Sense id: en-約束-ja-noun-SmKuGtA-
  3. a convention; something that is conventional
    Sense id: en-約束-ja-noun-vrGzDsbr
  4. something that is preordained
    Sense id: en-約束-ja-noun-a6-U1McT
  5. something that is preordained
    trope (something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)
    Sense id: en-約束-ja-noun-Ve93LEMM Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 18 7 3 9 19 17 12 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: お約束 (o-yakusoku) (ruby: 約束(やくそく)) [honorific]

Verb

IPA: [ja̠kɯ̟̊ᵝso̞kɯ̟ᵝ]
Forms: 約束する [canonical] (ruby: (やく), (そく)), yakusoku suru [romanization], 約束し [stem] (ruby: (やく), (そく)), 約束した [past] (ruby: (やく), (そく)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 約束し [error-unrecognized-form], やくそくし [error-unrecognized-form], yakusoku shi [error-unrecognized-form], 約束する [error-unrecognized-form], やくそくする [error-unrecognized-form], yakusoku suru [error-unrecognized-form], 約束すれ [error-unrecognized-form], やくそくすれ [error-unrecognized-form], yakusoku sure [error-unrecognized-form], 約束せよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 約束しろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], やくそくせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], やくそくしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], yakusoku seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], yakusoku shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 約束される [passive], やくそくされる [passive], yakusoku sareru [passive], 約束させる [causative], 約束さす [causative], やくそくさせる [causative], やくそくさす [causative], yakusoku saseru [causative], yakusoku sasu [causative], 約束できる [potential], やくそくできる [potential], yakusoku dekiru [potential], 約束しよう [volitional], やくそくしよう [volitional], yakusoku shiyō [volitional], 約束しない [negative], やくそくしない [negative], yakusoku shinai [negative], 約束せず [continuative, negative], やくそくせず [continuative, negative], yakusoku sezu [continuative, negative], 約束します [formal], やくそくします [formal], yakusoku shimasu [formal], 約束した [perfective], やくそくした [perfective], yakusoku shita [perfective], 約束して [conjunctive], やくそくして [conjunctive], yakusoku shite [conjunctive], 約束すれば [conditional, hypothetical], やくそくすれば [conditional, hypothetical], yakusoku sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to promise; to make a promise
    Sense id: en-約束-ja-verb-TACONLwH Categories (other): Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant script codes, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 24 6 7 3 9 19 7 26 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 18 7 3 9 19 17 12 15
  2. make an appointment or engagement
    Sense id: en-約束-ja-verb-B0~EIAr4 Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 18 7 3 9 19 17 12 15
  3. be predestined, wait
    Sense id: en-約束-ja-verb-1lxMMpYm Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 23 3 6 3 9 18 5 34 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 24 6 7 3 9 19 7 26 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 24 3 4 4 9 19 5 32 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 18 7 3 9 19 17 12 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: お約束 (o-yakusoku) (ruby: 約束(やくそく)) [honorific] Related terms: 予約 (yoyaku) (ruby: 予約(よやく)), ランデブー (randebū)

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        {
          "english": "I will! I promise, Musashi!",
          "ref": "1987 February 20 [1985 August 15], Motoka Murakami, “母っちゃの剣道精神の巻”, in 六三四の剣 (六三四の剣), 5th edition, volume 21 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 59",
          "roman": "N! Yakusoku suru yo Musashi!",
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              "しん"
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            [
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              "シ"
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            [
              "八",
              "や"
            ],
            [
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              "え"
            ],
            [
              "樫",
              "がし"
            ],
            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
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              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
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              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
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              "約",
              "やく"
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              "束",
              "そく"
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            ],
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              "切",
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              "三",
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              "ム"
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              "サ"
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          "text": "………八重樫先生!まんず男と男の約束だあ!母っちゃを大切にしてけれ!\n……… Yaegashi Sensei! manzu otoko to otoko no yakusoku dā! katcha o taisetsu ni shite kere!\n……… Yaegashi Sensei! Promise me, man-to-man! Promise me you’ll take good care of my ma!\n六三四!\nMusashi!\nMusashi!\nん!約束するよ六三四!"
        }
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          "english": "the same tired plot progression",
          "roman": "o-yakusoku no tenkai",
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              "約束",
              "やくそく"
            ],
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              "展開",
              "てんかい"
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          "english": "You know the trope? In story-telling it’s a norm.",
          "ref": "2021 June 17, insane, “映画・海外ドラマでおなじみ、「Trope」の意味とは?”, in 海外ドラマの中の英語 (blog)",
          "roman": "O-yakusoku o shitteru desho? Monogataru toki no teiban yo",
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              "約束",
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      "ipa": "[ja̠kɯ̟̊ᵝso̞kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
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          "約束",
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        ]
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        "honorific"
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    }
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}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "約束する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "約",
          "やく"
        ],
        [
          "束",
          "そく"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku suru",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束し",
      "roman": "yakusoku shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "約",
          "やく"
        ],
        [
          "束",
          "そく"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束した",
      "roman": "yakusoku shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "約",
          "やく"
        ],
        [
          "束",
          "そく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "yoyaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "予約",
          "よやく"
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      ],
      "word": "予約"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "roman": "randebū",
      "word": "ランデブー"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        },
        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let's all promise together!",
          "roman": "Minna de yakusoku shiyō!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "約束",
              "やくそく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "みんなで約束しよう!"
        },
        {
          "english": "I will! I promise, Musashi!",
          "ref": "1987 February 20 [1985 August 15], Motoka Murakami, “母っちゃの剣道精神の巻”, in 六三四の剣 (六三四の剣), 5th edition, volume 21 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 59",
          "roman": "N! Yakusoku suru yo Musashi!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "母",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "道",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "精",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "神",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "巻",
              "まき"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "八",
              "や"
            ],
            [
              "重",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "樫",
              "がし"
            ],
            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "約",
              "やく"
            ],
            [
              "束",
              "そく"
            ],
            [
              "母",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "切",
              "せつ"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ],
            [
              "約",
              "やく"
            ],
            [
              "束",
              "そく"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "………八重樫先生!まんず男と男の約束だあ!母っちゃを大切にしてけれ!\n……… Yaegashi Sensei! manzu otoko to otoko no yakusoku dā! katcha o taisetsu ni shite kere!\n……… Yaegashi Sensei! Promise me, man-to-man! Promise me you’ll take good care of my ma!\n六三四!\nMusashi!\nMusashi!\nん!約束するよ六三四!"
        },
        {
          "english": "I promised to settle with him‼ I made a promise‼",
          "ref": "2005 July 7, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第65話 夜明けの墓場”, in 武装錬金 (武装錬金), volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, page 34",
          "roman": "Ore wa koitsu to ketchaku o tsukeru to yakusoku shita‼ Yakusoku shitan da‼",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "第",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "夜",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "明",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "墓",
              "はか"
            ],
            [
              "場",
              "ば"
            ],
            [
              "武",
              "ブ"
            ],
            [
              "装",
              "ソウ"
            ],
            [
              "錬",
              "レン"
            ],
            [
              "金",
              "キン"
            ],
            [
              "武",
              "ブ"
            ],
            [
              "装",
              "ソウ"
            ],
            [
              "錬",
              "レン"
            ],
            [
              "金",
              "キン"
            ],
            [
              "決",
              "けっ"
            ],
            [
              "着",
              "ちゃく"
            ],
            [
              "約",
              "やく"
            ],
            [
              "束",
              "そく"
            ],
            [
              "約",
              "やく"
            ],
            [
              "束",
              "そく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "オレはこいつと決着をつけると約束した‼約束したんだ‼"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to promise; to make a promise"
      ],
      "id": "en-約束-ja-verb-TACONLwH",
      "links": [
        [
          "promise",
          "promise"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "18 7 3 9 19 17 12 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "make an appointment or engagement"
      ],
      "id": "en-約束-ja-verb-B0~EIAr4"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "23 3 6 3 9 18 5 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 6 7 3 9 19 7 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 3 4 4 9 19 5 32",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 7 3 9 19 17 12 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "be predestined, wait"
      ],
      "id": "en-約束-ja-verb-1lxMMpYm",
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やくそく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠kɯ̟̊ᵝso̞kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "o-yakusoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "約束",
          "やくそく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "お約束"
    }
  ],
  "word": "約束"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "約束",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "約",
          "やく"
        ],
        [
          "束",
          "そく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "やくそく"
      },
      "expansion": "約(やく)束(そく) • (yakusoku)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I will! I promise, Musashi!",
          "ref": "1987 February 20 [1985 August 15], Motoka Murakami, “母っちゃの剣道精神の巻”, in 六三四の剣 (六三四の剣), 5th edition, volume 21 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 59",
          "roman": "N! Yakusoku suru yo Musashi!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "母",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "道",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "精",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "神",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "巻",
              "まき"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "八",
              "や"
            ],
            [
              "重",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "樫",
              "がし"
            ],
            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "約",
              "やく"
            ],
            [
              "束",
              "そく"
            ],
            [
              "母",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "切",
              "せつ"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ],
            [
              "約",
              "やく"
            ],
            [
              "束",
              "そく"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "………八重樫先生!まんず男と男の約束だあ!母っちゃを大切にしてけれ!\n……… Yaegashi Sensei! manzu otoko to otoko no yakusoku dā! katcha o taisetsu ni shite kere!\n……… Yaegashi Sensei! Promise me, man-to-man! Promise me you’ll take good care of my ma!\n六三四!\nMusashi!\nMusashi!\nん!約束するよ六三四!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a promise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "promise",
          "promise"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an appointment or social engagement (the meeting itself)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appointment",
          "appointment"
        ],
        [
          "engagement",
          "engagement"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a convention; something that is conventional"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "convention",
          "convention"
        ],
        [
          "conventional",
          "conventional"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "the same tired plot progression",
          "roman": "o-yakusoku no tenkai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "約束",
              "やくそく"
            ],
            [
              "展開",
              "てんかい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お約束の展開"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something that is preordained"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preordained",
          "preordained"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You know the trope? In story-telling it’s a norm.",
          "ref": "2021 June 17, insane, “映画・海外ドラマでおなじみ、「Trope」の意味とは?”, in 海外ドラマの中の英語 (blog)",
          "roman": "O-yakusoku o shitteru desho? Monogataru toki no teiban yo",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "約束",
              "やくそく"
            ],
            [
              "知",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "物語",
              "ものがた"
            ],
            [
              "定番",
              "ていばん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "お約束を知ってるでしょ?物語るときの定番よ"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "something that is preordained",
        "trope (something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "preordained",
          "preordained"
        ],
        [
          "trope",
          "trope"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やくそく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠kɯ̟̊ᵝso̞kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "o-yakusoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "約束",
          "やくそく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "お約束"
    }
  ],
  "word": "約束"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms written with two Han script characters",
    "Japanese verbs",
    "Japanese verbs without transitivity"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "約束する",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "約",
          "やく"
        ],
        [
          "束",
          "そく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku suru",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束し",
      "roman": "yakusoku shi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "約",
          "やく"
        ],
        [
          "束",
          "そく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束した",
      "roman": "yakusoku shita",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "約",
          "やく"
        ],
        [
          "束",
          "そく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束し",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束する",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束すれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku sure",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束せよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束しろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくしろ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku seyo",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative",
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shiro",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束される",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku sareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束させる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束さす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束できる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束しよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束しない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束せず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束します",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束した",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束して",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "約束すれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "やくそくすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "yakusoku sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "yoyaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "予約",
          "よやく"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "予約"
    },
    {
      "roman": "randebū",
      "word": "ランデブー"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms with redundant script codes",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Let's all promise together!",
          "roman": "Minna de yakusoku shiyō!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "約束",
              "やくそく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "みんなで約束しよう!"
        },
        {
          "english": "I will! I promise, Musashi!",
          "ref": "1987 February 20 [1985 August 15], Motoka Murakami, “母っちゃの剣道精神の巻”, in 六三四の剣 (六三四の剣), 5th edition, volume 21 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, page 59",
          "roman": "N! Yakusoku suru yo Musashi!",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "母",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "道",
              "どう"
            ],
            [
              "精",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "神",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "巻",
              "まき"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ],
            [
              "剣",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "八",
              "や"
            ],
            [
              "重",
              "え"
            ],
            [
              "樫",
              "がし"
            ],
            [
              "先",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "せい"
            ],
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "男",
              "おとこ"
            ],
            [
              "約",
              "やく"
            ],
            [
              "束",
              "そく"
            ],
            [
              "母",
              "か"
            ],
            [
              "大",
              "たい"
            ],
            [
              "切",
              "せつ"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ],
            [
              "約",
              "やく"
            ],
            [
              "束",
              "そく"
            ],
            [
              "六",
              "ム"
            ],
            [
              "三",
              "サ"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "シ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "………八重樫先生!まんず男と男の約束だあ!母っちゃを大切にしてけれ!\n……… Yaegashi Sensei! manzu otoko to otoko no yakusoku dā! katcha o taisetsu ni shite kere!\n……… Yaegashi Sensei! Promise me, man-to-man! Promise me you’ll take good care of my ma!\n六三四!\nMusashi!\nMusashi!\nん!約束するよ六三四!"
        },
        {
          "english": "I promised to settle with him‼ I made a promise‼",
          "ref": "2005 July 7, Nobuhiro Watsuki, “第65話 夜明けの墓場”, in 武装錬金 (武装錬金), volume 8 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, page 34",
          "roman": "Ore wa koitsu to ketchaku o tsukeru to yakusoku shita‼ Yakusoku shitan da‼",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "第",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "話",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "夜",
              "よ"
            ],
            [
              "明",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "墓",
              "はか"
            ],
            [
              "場",
              "ば"
            ],
            [
              "武",
              "ブ"
            ],
            [
              "装",
              "ソウ"
            ],
            [
              "錬",
              "レン"
            ],
            [
              "金",
              "キン"
            ],
            [
              "武",
              "ブ"
            ],
            [
              "装",
              "ソウ"
            ],
            [
              "錬",
              "レン"
            ],
            [
              "金",
              "キン"
            ],
            [
              "決",
              "けっ"
            ],
            [
              "着",
              "ちゃく"
            ],
            [
              "約",
              "やく"
            ],
            [
              "束",
              "そく"
            ],
            [
              "約",
              "やく"
            ],
            [
              "束",
              "そく"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "オレはこいつと決着をつけると約束した‼約束したんだ‼"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to promise; to make a promise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "promise",
          "promise"
        ],
        [
          "make",
          "make"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "make an appointment or engagement"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "be predestined, wait"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "やくそく"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ja̠kɯ̟̊ᵝso̞kɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "o-yakusoku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "約束",
          "やくそく"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "お約束"
    }
  ],
  "word": "約束"
}
{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "約束"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "約束",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Mizenkei (\"imperfective\")'",
  "path": [
    "約束"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "約束",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
    "約束"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "約束",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Shūshikei (\"terminal\")'",
  "path": [
    "約束"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "約束",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "約束"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "約束",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
    "約束"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "約束",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Meireikei (\"imperative\")'",
  "path": [
    "約束"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "約束",
  "trace": ""
}

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