Entry
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date

    Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) languageHumble (kenjougo) languagesee 約束

  2. Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

    something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

promise, approximately, shrink

Kun
つづ.まるつづ.めるつづま.やか
On
ヤク
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
94 of 2500
Radical
silk
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-6-3SKIP code
6a3.7The Kanji Dictionary
2792.0Four corner code
2752deroo
7d04Unicode hex code
1-44-83JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3499Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4440New Nelson (John Haig)
1280New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1632Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
860Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1177Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1362Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1462Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
137A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
451Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27242XMorohashi
591A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
211Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
211Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
726sakade
808Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
621henshall3
534Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
258crowley
381Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.12busy_people
1516Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1374Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yue1, yao1Pinyin reading
yag, yoKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control

Kun
たばたば.ねるつかつか.ねる
On
ソク
Strokes
7
Taught
Grade 4
JLPT
N3
Frequency
918 of 2500
Radical
tree
WaniKani
Level 14

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
4-7-3SKIP code
0a7.8The Kanji Dictionary
5090.6Four corner code
1564deroo
675fUnicode hex code
1-34-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
196Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2559New Nelson (John Haig)
3554New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4369Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2214Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2978Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1664Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1793Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
998A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
536Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1126Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
14480Morohashi
1535A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
501Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
510Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
620Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
561henshall3
486Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
382Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.20busy_people
1051Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1680Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shu4Pinyin reading
sogKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
14WaniKani level