前略

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぜん
Grade: 2
りゃく
Grade: 5
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んりゃく [zèńryákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • (Tokyo) んりゃく [zéꜜǹryàkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡zẽ̞nɾʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Phrase

(ぜん)(りゃく) (zenryaku) 

  1. (opening of a letter) Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...
    Synonym: 冠省
Usage notes

When writing Japanese letters, the opening phrase 前略 is often paired with closing phrases such as 草々 or 不一.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んりゃく [zèńryákú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [d͡zẽ̞nɾʲa̠kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(ぜん)(りゃく) (zenryaku) 

  1. omitting the beginning (of an article)

Verb

(ぜん)(りゃく)する (zenryaku suru) suru (stem (ぜん)(りゃく) (zenryaku shi), past (ぜん)(りゃく)した (zenryaku shita))

  1. to omit the beginning (of an article)
Conjugation

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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