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要約

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See also: 要约

Chinese

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important; vital; to want
important; vital; to want; to be going to; must; demand; ask; request; coerce
 
appointment; agreement; to arrange
appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
 
trad. (要約)
simp. (要约)

Pronunciation 1

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Verb

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要約

  1. (literary) to restrict; to limit
  2. (literary) to agree to a contract
  3. (law) to offer; to bid

Pronunciation 2

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Adjective

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要約

  1. (literary) succinct; concise; brief

Pronunciation 3

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Verb

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要約

  1. (Jin) to guess; to estimate
Synonyms
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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
よう
Grade: 4
やく
Grade: 4
on'yomi

Etymology

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/jeujaku//joːjaku/

From Middle Chinese 要約 (MC 'jiew|'jiewH 'jiewH|'jak, “important bond or agreement”). Compare modern Mandarin reading yāoyuē.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(よう)(やく) (yōyakuえうやく (euyaku)?

  1. abridgment (shortened version), summary
  2. a compact or contract, an agreement, a promise

Verb

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(よう)(やく)する (yōyaku suruえうやく (euyaku)?transitive suru (stem (よう)(やく) (yōyaku shi), past (よう)(やく)した (yōyaku shita))

  1. to sum up, to summarize
  2. to enter into compact or contract, to form an agreement, to make a promise

Conjugation

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Conjugation of "要約する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 要約し ようやくし yōyaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 要約し ようやくし yōyaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 要約する ようやくする yōyaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 要約する ようやくする yōyaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 要約すれ ようやくすれ yōyaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 要約せよ¹
要約しろ²
ようやくせよ¹
ようやくしろ²
yōyaku seyo¹
yōyaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 要約される ようやくされる yōyaku sareru
Causative 要約させる
要約さす
ようやくさせる
ようやくさす
yōyaku saseru
yōyaku sasu
Potential 要約できる ようやくできる yōyaku dekiru
Volitional 要約しよう ようやくしよう yōyaku shiyō
Negative 要約しない ようやくしない yōyaku shinai
Negative continuative 要約せず ようやくせず yōyaku sezu
Formal 要約します ようやくします yōyaku shimasu
Perfective 要約した ようやくした yōyaku shita
Conjunctive 要約して ようやくして yōyaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 要約すれば ようやくすれば yōyaku sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN