Meaning of 要約 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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要約, 要訳
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Kana Readingようやく
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Romajiyōyaku
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru, nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- summary; digest
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Example Sentences
要約, 要訳, ようやく used in context
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歴史的論点は、ダーウィニズムが３つの進展段階を得ているということで要約できよう。
The historical thesis can be summarized by saying that Darwinism has undergone three stages of evolution.
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Please send in your summary by Tuesday.
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彼女は仕事のことを尋ねられると、「私の仕事は複雑なので一言では要約できません」と言った。
Asked about her job, she said, "My job is too complicated to sum up in a word."
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His word can be summarized as follows.
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A summary of his speech was printed in the newspaper.
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Our teacher ran through the important points again.
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