婚約

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See also: 婚约

Chinese

to marry; marriage; wedding
to marry; marriage; wedding; to take a wife
 
appointment; agreement; to arrange
appointment; agreement; to arrange; to restrict; approximately; weigh
 
trad. (婚約) 婚 約
simp. (婚约) 婚 约

Pronunciation

Noun

婚約

  1. engagement; betrothal

See also

Japanese

Kanji in this term
婚 約
こん
Grade: S 		やく
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

婚(こん)約(やく) • (kon'yaku) 

  1. engagement, a promise to marry

Verb

婚(こん)約(やく)する • (kon'yaku suru) suru (stem 婚(こん)約(やく)し (kon'yaku shi), past 婚(こん)約(やく)した (kon'yaku shita))

  1. get engaged

Conjugation

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

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

Korean

Hanja in this term
婚約

Noun

婚約 • (honyak) (hangeul 혼약)

  1. Hanja form? of 혼약 (“engagement; betrothal”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
婚約

Noun

婚約

  1. chữ Hán form of hôn ước (“engagement; prenup”).
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