N21460/1725

略りゃくす

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verb

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りゃくす

Meanings

to abbreviate, to abridge, to shorten
to omit, to leave out
to take, to capture, to steal

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Example sentences

彼かれは長ながい名前なまえを略りゃくして呼よんでいる。

He calls (them) by abbreviated names.

説明せつめいを略りゃくすと、意味いみが伝つたわらなくなる。

If you omit the explanation, the meaning won't be conveyed.

この単語たんごは日常にちじょう会話かいわでは略りゃくして使つかわれることが多おおい。

This word is often used in abbreviated form in everyday conversation.

正式せいしきな文書ぶんしょでは用語ようごを略りゃくさないほうがよい。

It is better not to abbreviate terms in formal documents.

詳細しょうさいは略りゃくすが、結論けつろんとして彼かれの提案ていあんは採用さいようされた。

To omit the details, his proposal was ultimately adopted in conclusion.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)