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短縮 (たんしゅく): shortening, abbreviation, reduction — Japanese vocabulary

短縮 is read たんしゅく and means "shortening, abbreviation, reduction". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

短縮

Reading
たんしゅく · tanshuku
Translation
shortening, abbreviation, reduction
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
たんしゅくが

Example

その橋のおかげで、私達は大いに時間が短縮できた。

そのはしのおかげで、わたしたちはおおいにじかんがたんしゅくできた。

The bridge saved us a lot of time.

Kanji in this word

  • 短 — short
  • 縮 — shrink, reduce

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