やく

approximately; about

N5Common wordAdverb
Adverb
approximatelyabout
Noun
promiseappointmentengagement
Noun
shorteningreductionsimplification
Noun
contraction (in phonetics)

Example Sentences

約1ヶ月です。

It's about one month.

父は約10(ふん)(まえ)に帰宅した。

Father came home about ten minutes ago.

勧工場には約20の出店(でみせ)が並んだ。

There was a row of about 20 stalls at the fair.

約1時間歩くと私たちは(みずうみ)(ところ)(くる)た。

About an hour's walk brought us to the lake.

毎年約200(まん)ポンドの小麦が輸出された。

About two million pounds of wheat were exported annually.