予約
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 予 | 約 |
| よ Grade: 3 |
やく Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 豫約 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- reservation, booking
- appointment; an arrangement for a meeting
- subscription
Verb
[edit]予約する • (yoyaku suru) transitive suru (stem 予約し (yoyaku shi), past 予約した (yoyaku shita))
- reserve
- 2025 May 9, 伊藤岳, quotee, “第217回国会 参議院 地方創生及びデジタル社会の形成等に関する特別委員会 第7号 令和7年5月9日”, in 国会会議録検索システム[1], 国立国会図書館:
- このアプリの配車で予約した方が、これ何人かのグループで一斉にアプリ配車を予約するんだそうですよ、同じ場所にいて。
- Kono apuri no haisha de yoyaku shita kata ga, kore nan-nin ka no gurūpu de issei ni apuri haisha o yoyaku suru n da sō desu yo, onaji basho ni ite.
- Apparently, when you book a ride using this app, a group of people can book a ride using the app all at once, while they're in the same location.
- make an appointment
- subscribe
Usage notes
[edit]In the sense “appointment”, 予約 is primarily used to mean “the arrangement, scheduling”; for an appointed meeting itself, 約束 is used instead.
Conjugation
[edit]| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 予約し | よやくし | yoyaku shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 予約し | よやくし | yoyaku shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 予約する | よやくする | yoyaku suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 予約する | よやくする | yoyaku suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 予約すれ | よやくすれ | yoyaku sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 予約せよ¹ 予約しろ² |
よやくせよ¹ よやくしろ² |
yoyaku seyo¹ yoyaku shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 予約される | よやくされる | yoyaku sareru |
| Causative | 予約させる 予約さす |
よやくさせる よやくさす |
yoyaku saseru yoyaku sasu |
| Potential | 予約できる | よやくできる | yoyaku dekiru |
| Volitional | 予約しよう | よやくしよう | yoyaku shiyō |
| Negative | 予約しない | よやくしない | yoyaku shinai |
| Negative continuative | 予約せず | よやくせず | yoyaku sezu |
| Formal | 予約します | よやくします | yoyaku shimasu |
| Perfective | 予約した | よやくした | yoyaku shita |
| Conjunctive | 予約して | よやくして | yoyaku shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 予約すれば | よやくすれば | yoyaku sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- “予約”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
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