やくする

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of やくする – see the following entries.
扼する
[verb] to clasp, to hold tightly, to command
[verb] to hold down, to press down, to crush, to repress
[verb] to press a point
訳する
[verb] to translate
約する
[verb] to promise
[verb] to abridge; to simplify
[verb] (arithmetic) to reduce; to simplify (a fraction to lowest terms)
(This term, やくする (yakusuru), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)