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省略 (しょうりゃく): omission, abbreviation, abridgment — Japanese vocabulary

省略 is read しょうりゃく and means "omission, abbreviation, abridgment". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

省略

Reading
しょうりゃく · shouryaku
Translation
omission, abbreviation, abridgment
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しょうりゃくが

Example

この句では前置詞を省略できる。

このくではぜんちしをしょうりゃくできる。

You can omit the preposition in this phrase.

Kanji in this word

  • 省 — ministry, save
  • 略 — abbreviate

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