じょうやく
Meanings
Noun
1. treaty; pact; convention; agreement
Kanji used
clause
promise
Pitch accent
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うやく
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Composed of
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
Used in vocabulary (66 in total)
non-aggression pact; non-aggression treaty
Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928); Pact of Paris
security treaty (esp. US-Japan Security Treaty)
Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora)
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Treaty of Versailles (1919)
treaty of peace and amity; peace treaty
Treaty of Portsmouth (ending the Russo-Japanese War, 1905)
signatory (country); party (to a treaty)
Treaty of Tianjin (1858, 1871, 1885)
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Convention of Peking (1860)
Treaty of Rome (treaty establishing the European Economic Community, 1957)
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; NPT
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Treaty of Aigun (1858)
Vienna Convention (on Diplomatic Relations)
Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands
Treaty of Nanking (1842)
Convention of Peking (1860)
Treaty of Shimoda (1855); treaty initiating official relations between Russia and Japan
nonaggression pact; nonaggression treaty
ANZUS Treaty (Australia, New Zealand and the United States)
safety of life at sea; SOLAS
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (United Nations, 1948)
Treaty of San Stefano (ending the Russo-Turkish War, 1878)
Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty; FMCT
Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (1972); London Convention
reciprocal treaty; treaty of reciprocity
tax treaty; bilateral tax agreement
Examples (9 in total)
The treaty was signed.
The two countries negotiated a treaty.
The treaty bans the use of chemical weapons.