Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 簡約(かんやく) in Japanese

簡約
Kana Reading
かんやく
Romaji
kan'yaku
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    conciseness; brevity; simplification
    Example sentence
    この辞書は簡約版だ。 This dictionary is an abridged edition.

Examples of 簡約, かんやく in a sentence

Kanji in this word

簡 JLPT 2

18 strokes

simplicity, brevity

On'Yomi: カン

Kun'Yomi:

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約 JLPT 3

9 strokes

promise, approximately, shrink

On'Yomi: ヤク

Kun'Yomi: つづ.まる, つづ.める, つづま.やか

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