条約

• 読み: じょうやく
• ローマ字: jouyaku
• 漢字の分解: 条 (jou) — article, clause; 約 (yaku) — promise, agreement
• 発音: /dʑoː.ja.kɯ/

意味

Treaty; pact; convention. A formal agreement between nations or parties.

A noun used in political, diplomatic, and legal contexts. 条約 refers specifically to formal agreements between countries or international bodies. Common collocations include 平和条約 (peace treaty), 条約を結ぶ (to conclude a treaty), and 条約を破る (to break a treaty). It differs from 契約 (contract), which applies to agreements between individuals or companies.

例文

1. 両国は平和条約を結んだ。
2. その条約は来年から有効になる。
3. 環境に関する国際条約が話し合われた。

使い方ガイド

場面: politics, international relations, law

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Composed of 条 (article, clause, strip) and 約 (promise, approximately). Together they refer to a binding agreement structured in articles or clauses.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal