Sample Sentences About Contracts

契約 (keiyaku: contract, agreement)     pledge, promise, vow + promise

この仕事を終えなければ次の契約をとることはできない。
Kono shigoto o oenakereba tsugi no keiyaku o toru koto wa dekinai.
If we don’t finish this job, we’ll lose the next contract.

仕事 (shigoto: work)     to serve + business
終 (o(eru): to finish)
次 (tsugi: next)

あの会社との契約はあってなきに等しいものです。
Ano kaisha to no keiyaku wa atte naki ni hitoshii mono desu.
A contract with that company is worth next to nothing.

会社 (kaisha: company)     association + company
等 (hito(shii): equivalent)

盟約 (meiyaku: pledge, pact, alliance)     alliance + promise

彼らは盟約しているかのように一致して行動した。
Karera wa meiyaku shite iru ka no yōni itchi shite kōdō shita.
They acted together as if they’d made a pact.

彼ら (karera: they)
一致 (itchi: accord)     same + to bring about

Aha, we’re seeing 一致 for the second time today.

行動 (kōdō: action)     to act + to behave

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