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Usages of yakusoku
私 は 無理な 約束 は しない。 時間 が なければ 行ける はず が ない から だ。watasi ha murina yakusoku ha sinai. zikan ga nakereba ikeru hazu ga nai kara da.
I don’t make impossible promises, because if I don’t have time, there’s no way I can go.
無理な 約束 は しないで ください。murina yakusoku ha sinaide kudasai.
Please don’t make impossible promises.
彼女 は 必ず 約束 を 守ります。kanozyo ha kanarazu yakusoku wo mamorimasu.
She always keeps her promises.
絶対 に 約束 を 守ります。zettai ni yakusoku wo mamorimasu.
I will absolutely keep my promise.
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