短縮|たんしゅくtanshuku[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbshortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
    その橋はしのおかげで、私達わたしたちは大おおいに時間じかんが短縮たんしゅくできた。↗
    The bridge saved us a lot of time.
Conjugation
Dictionary form短縮する(たんしゅくする)
Polite (masu)短縮します(たんしゅくします)
Negative (nai)短縮しない(たんしゅくしない)
polite (masen)短縮しません(たんしゅくしません)
classical zu / nu短縮せず・短縮せぬ(たんしゅくせず・たんしゅくせぬ)
Past (ta)短縮した(たんしゅくした)
polite (mashita)短縮しました(たんしゅくしました)
Past negative (nakatta)短縮しなかった(たんしゅくしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)短縮しませんでした(たんしゅくしませんでした)
Te form短縮して(たんしゅくして)
Potential短縮できる(たんしゅくできる)
Passive短縮される(たんしゅくされる)
Causative短縮させる(たんしゅくさせる)
Causative passive短縮させられる(たんしゅくさせられる)
Conditional (ba)短縮すれば(たんしゅくすれば)
tara短縮したら(たんしゅくしたら)
Volitional短縮しよう(たんしゅくしよう)
polite (mashou)短縮しましょう(たんしゅくしましょう)
Imperative短縮しろ(たんしゅくしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym縮めるちぢめるNeutralThe native Japanese verb for shortening time or distance; common in everyday use. 「短縮」 is a Sino-Japanese word with a more formal feel.
  • Synonym端折るはしょるCasualColloquial: to make a story or explanation briefer or to skip over parts. 「短縮」 is about shortening the length of time.
  • Related切り上げるきりあげるNeutralTo wind things up early, stopping at a convenient point. 「短縮」 is about compressing the length of time itself.
  • Related削減さくげんNeutralRefers to deliberate cuts in budgets, personnel and the like. 「短縮」 centers on shortening the length of time.
  • Related減少げんしょうNeutralA decrease in quantity or number; one can also say 「減少させる」. 「短縮」 is about the length of time or distance shrinking.
  • Related縮小しゅくしょうNeutralShrinking in scale or area. 「短縮」 is about shortening time or length.
  • Related軽減けいげんNeutralLightening a burden, pain or the like. 「短縮」 is about compressing the length of time.
  • Related減額げんがくWrittenWritten style: reducing an amount of money, as in 「減額措置」. 「短縮」 concerns the length of time.
  • Related節約せつやくNeutralEconomizing, using resources sparingly. 「短縮」 is about the length of time.
  • Related節減せつげんWrittenWritten style: trimming expenses or saving energy. 「短縮」 is about shortening time.
  • Related減らすへらすNeutralA verb for reducing quantity or amount. 「短縮」 is about time or distance getting shorter.
  • Related削るけずるNeutralTo shave or whittle away, and figuratively to trim budgets or cut text. 「短縮」 centers on time.
  • Related低減ていげんWrittenWritten and technical in flavor: lowering costs, risks and the like. 「短縮」 is about the length of time.
  • Related減殺げんさいWrittenWritten style: weakening or diminishing an effect. 「短縮」 concerns the length of time.
  • Related縮減しゅくげんWrittenWritten style: cutting down quantity or degree. 「短縮」 is about time or distance.
  • RelatedそぐNeutralTo chip or shave off, or to dampen spirit, as in 「やる気を削ぐ」. 「短縮」 is about time or distance becoming shorter.
  • RelatedつづめるWrittenWritten style: to abridge or condense; rarely used. 「短縮」 is the more common word.
  • Related減ずるげんずるWrittenWritten style: to decrease, subtract or deduct. 「短縮」 is about the length of time.
  • Related減じるげんじるWrittenAn alternative form of 「減ずる」 with the same sense of reducing. 「短縮」 concerns the length of time.
  • Antonym延長えんちょうNeutralAntonym: to extend or prolong, as in 「延長戦」 — the opposite of shortening with 「短縮」.

Use 「短縮」 for shortening time or distance and for abbreviating: 「時間短縮」, 「短縮ダイヤル」, verb 「短縮する」. In everyday speech the native verb 「縮める」 is the natural choice. For cutting budgets or staff say 「削減」, for shrinking scale 「縮小」, and the opposite of shortening is 「延長」. The rest differ in object or register: 「端折る」 (colloquial, skip parts), 「切り上げる」 (finish early), 「削ぐ」 (dampen spirit), 「減少」/「減らす」 (quantity), 「軽減」 (burden), 「節約」 (economize), 「削る」 (trim); written style: 「約める」, 「減額」, 「節減」, 「低減」, 「減殺」, 「縮減」, 「減ずる」/「減じる」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 時間じかん、距離きょり、単語たんごなどを短みじかくすること。
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