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短縮
たんしゅく
N1
noun
transitive 他動詞
Meanings
1
shortening
2
abbreviation
3
reduction
4
contraction
Example sentence
その橋のおかげで、私達は大いに時間が短縮できた。
The bridge saved us a lot of time.
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Kanji in this word
短
Short, Brevity, Fault
12 strokes
縮
Shrink, Contract, Shrivel
17 strokes
More words with
短
短期
たんき ·
short term
N2
短大
たんだい ·
junior college
N1
短歌
たんか ·
31-syllable Japanese poem
N1
長短
ちょうたん ·
length
N2
短期間
たんきかん ·
Full entry on Jisho
short term
短時間
たんじかん ·
short time
短期大学
たんきだいがく ·
junior college
短編
たんぺん ·
short (e.g., story, film)
N2
More words with
縮
軍縮
ぐんしゅく ·
reduction of armaments
縮小
しゅくしょう ·
reduction
N2
圧縮
あっしゅく ·
compression
N2
濃縮
のうしゅく ·
concentration (e.g. of a solution)
縮める
ちぢめる ·
to shorten
N2
萎縮
いしゅく ·
withering
縮れる
ちぢれる ·
to be wavy
N2
恐縮
きょうしゅく ·
sorry to trouble
N2
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