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    3. 口約束

    口約束

    口くち約やく束そく

    verbal promise

    KMT10News #37+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab19 strokes

    くちやくそく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive

    1.
    verbal promise, one's word

    Stroke 0 / 19

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    彼かれは口くち約やく束そくを破やぶらない人ひとです。

    He is a person who doesn't break verbal promises.

    KMT7Daily LifeEmotions & Psychology
    書しょ面めんでの契けい約やくはなかったが、口くち約やく束そくでも守まもるべきだ。

    There was no written contract, but even a verbal promise should be kept.

    KMT10Daily LifeBusiness & Finance
    ビジネスにおいては、口くち約やく束そくだけでなく、必かならず書しょ面めんで確かく認にんすることが重じゅう要ようです。

    In business, it's important to confirm not only verbal promises but also everything in writing.

    KMT10Business & FinanceDaily Life
    子こ供どもの頃ころ、友とも達だちとの口くち約やく束そくは絶ぜっ対たいだと信しんじていました。

    When I was a child, I believed that verbal promises with friends were absolute.

    KMT10Daily LifeEmotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    上じょう司しとの口くち約やく束そくで昇しょう進しんが決きまったが、後あとで撤てっ回かいされてしまった。

    My promotion was decided by a verbal promise with my boss, but it was later retracted.

    KMT10Work & CareerDaily LifeEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    口
    くち…(2)
    mouth
    約
    つづ.まる・つづ.める・つづま.やか…(1)
    promise・approximately・shrink
    束
    たば・たば.ねる・つか・つか.ねる…(1)
    bundle・sheaf・ream・tie in bundles・govern…(2)
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