約 (Yaku) is a Japanese adverb meaning “approximately, about, promise, appointment”.
Meanings
- adverbapproximately; about
- nounpromise; appointment; engagement
- nounshortening; reduction; simplification
- nouncontraction (in phonetics)
Examples
約１ヶ月です。
It's about one month.
私は約１マイル歩いた。
I walked about a mile.
全部で約１５０ドルです。
About one hundred and fifty dollars altogether.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).