淖約

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 淖約 – see 綽約 (“graceful”). (This term is a variant form of 綽約).

Japanese

Kanji in this term
淖	約
しゃく Hyōgai	やく Grade: 4
on'yomi

Alternative spellings
綽約婥約

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しゃくやく [shàkúyákú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ɕa̠kɯ̟ja̠kɯ̟]

Adjective

淖(しゃく)約(やく) • (shakuyaku) ^†-tari (adnominal 淖(しゃく)約(やく)とした (shakuyaku to shita) or 淖(しゃく)約(やく)たる (shakuyaku taru), adverbial 淖(しゃく)約(やく)と (shakuyaku to) or 淖(しゃく)約(やく)として (shakuyaku to shite))

(literary, rare) charming; fascinating; strikingly beautiful

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "淖約たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	淖約たら	しゃくやくたら	syakuyakutara
Continuative (連用形)	淖約と^[1] 淖約たり^[2]	しゃくやくとしゃくやくたり	syakuyakuto syakuyakutari
Terminal (終止形)	淖約たり	しゃくやくたり	syakuyakutari
Attributive (連体形)	淖約たる	しゃくやくたる	syakuyakutaru
Realis (已然形)	淖約たれ	しゃくやくたれ	syakuyakutare
Imperative (命令形)	淖約たれ	しゃくやくたれ	syakuyakutare
Key constructions
Negative	淖約たらず	しゃくやくたらず	syakuyakutarazu
Contrasting conjunction	淖約たれど	しゃくやくたれど	syakuyakutaredo
Causal conjunction	淖約たれば	しゃくやくたれば	syakuyakutareba
Conditional conjunction	淖約たらば	しゃくやくたらば	syakuyakutaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	淖約たりき	しゃくやくたりき	syakuyakutariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	淖約たりけり	しゃくやくたりけり	syakuyakutarikeri
Adverbial	淖約と	しゃくやくと	syakuyakuto

^[1]Without auxiliary verb.
^[2]With auxiliary verb.