Japanese Word Entry

新約
Kana:しんやく
Romaji:shin'yaku
Definitions:
  1. new contract, new agreement

  2. New Testament


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Chinese characters used in this word

new, recent, fresh, modern
Readings
Mandarin: ㄒㄧㄣ (xīn)
Cantonese: san1
Japanese: シン (shin) / あたら.しい (atarashii)、 あら.た (arata)、 あら- (ara-)、 にい- (nii-)、 にい (nii)
Korean: 신 (sin)
Vietnamese: tân

promise, approximately, shrink, treaty, agreement, covenant
Readings
Mandarin: ㄩㄝ (yuē), ㄧㄠ (yāo), ㄧㄠˋ (yào), ㄉㄧˋ (dì)
Cantonese: joek3
Japanese: ヤク (yaku) / つづ.まる (tsudumaru)、 つづ.める (tsudumeru)、 つづま.やか (tsudumayaka)、 つずめる (tsuzumeru)、 つずまやか (tsuzumayaka)
Korean: 약 (yag), 요 (yo)
Vietnamese: ước
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