約
やく · yaku · JLPT N3 · adverb
about
🧵 約 = thread 糸 + ladle 勺: tie it up loosely, so roughly yaku, about
約 first meant to tie with thread, which is why 約束 means promise. A loose tie gives a rough summary, hence about. Sound hook: yaku says about as many yaks, as in 約十頭, about ten yaks.