Japanese edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

Phrase edit

(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 edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ぜん)(りゃく) (zenryaku

  1. omitting the beginning (of an article)

Verb edit

(ぜん)(りゃく)する (zenryaku surusuru (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 edit
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References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN