Meaning

Primary

To Translate

Word Type

transitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means translate so the verb version would be to translate.

Reading

やくす
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The reading for the kanji part is surprisingly the やく you learned with it, even you wouldn't expect that. I suppose that's the kind of thing you have to look forward to if you were to go into translating.

Context

Context Sentences

この単語を訳すのは難しい。

This word is difficult to translate.

Kanji Composition