要約|ようやくyouyaku[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbsummary; digest
   その報告ほうこくを１ページに要約ようやくせよ。↗

   Boil down the report to one page.

• Synonym要旨ようしNeutralThe gist or main point of a text or speech, as in 「論文の要旨」; it centers on the core ideas and need not condense the whole.
• Synonym概要がいようNeutralA rough overview of what something contains, as in 「事業の概要」; it stresses the overall picture and need not condense an original text.
• Synonym概論がいろんNeutralAn introductory survey of a field, as in 「法学概論」; mostly a course or book title.
• Synonym概略がいりゃくNeutralThe rough shape of something, as in 「計画の概略」; it stays at a coarse outline, while 「要約」 compresses the original into its key points.
• Synonym概説がいせつNeutralA general explanatory account of a subject, often a book title like 「日本史概説」; the stress is on the explanation itself.
• Synonym総括そうかつNeutralSumming up the whole, and also reviewing past activities and results; the stress is on retrospective evaluation.
• SynonymダイジェストNeutralLoanword for a digest or condensed edition, as in 「ダイジェスト版」; it may select highlights or compress and rewrite the whole.
• SynonymあらすじNeutralThe rough storyline of a story or plan, as in 「映画の粗筋」; it follows the plot line, not the argument of a text.
• Synonym大筋おおすじNeutralThe broad framework or basic points, as in 「大筋で合意」; it names the main trunk, not a condensed text.
• SynonymまとめCasualThe everyday word for summing up, as in 「授業のまとめ」; colloquial and by far the most common in daily use.
• SynonymレジュメNeutralLoanword for outline handouts given out at talks and seminars; it stresses the distributed material, while 「要約」 covers both the act of summarizing and its result.
• SynonymサマリーNeutralLoanword for a summary or compilation, used mostly in business reports; a workplace term rather than general prose.
• Synonym要略ようりゃくWrittenWritten word for a concise epitome or outline; less common than 「要約」 and found mainly in written texts.
• Synonym概括がいかつNeutralBringing content together into one and distilling what the parts share; the stress is on extracting common features.
• Synonym梗概こうがいWrittenWritten word for the synopsis of a novel or paper; it tends to turn up in academic and literary submissions.
• Synonym大意たいいNeutralThe main meaning of a text, as in the school exercise 「大意をまとめる」; it targets the chief idea rather than a condensed version.
• Synonym大要たいようWrittenWritten word for the rough key points or general outline of something; less common than 「要約」 and leans toward written use.
• Synonym摘要てきようNeutralPicking out the key passages; it stresses excerpting the important parts, and also names the remarks column of a ledger.
• Synonym提要ていようWrittenA compiled collection of key points, mostly a book title like 「文法提要」; a written, bookish word.
• Synonym略述りゃくじゅつWrittenTo state something briefly; a written word that describes the manner of narration rather than naming the summary itself.
• SynonymあらましCasualA native word for the rough picture of something; also used adverbially as 'roughly', and leaning colloquial.
• SynonymアブストラクトNeutralLoanword for the abstract of a paper; also means abstract in art. Common in academic writing.
• SynonymシノプシスNeutralLoanword for the story synopsis of a script or novel; jargon of the film and publishing industries.
• Synonym綱要こうようWrittenAn outline of essentials, mostly used in book titles; written style and rarely standing alone.
• Related要綱ようこうFormalFormal word for the outline of policies, plans or systems, as in 「募集要綱」; it can also gather key items, but stresses prescriptive clauses.
• Related概観がいかんNeutralLooking over the whole roughly, as in 「歴史を概観する」; the stress is on a bird's-eye view rather than a produced summary.
• Related要覧ようらんWrittenA handbook presenting key facts with charts and tables, as in 「市勢要覧」 or 「大学要覧」; written style.
• Related総説そうせつWrittenA review-style discussion of a field, as in academic review articles; scholarly terminology.
• Related要説ようせつWrittenA concise, focused explanation or the lecture notes based on it; written style, mostly a book title.
• Antonym詳細しょうさいNeutralAntonym: the details or particulars of something; the opposite of compressing a text into its key points.
• Antonym詳述しょうじゅつWrittenAntonym: to describe something in full detail; the opposite of summarizing briefly.

Use 「要約」 to compress an article or speech into its key points, as in 「文章を要約する」. For the main point choose 「要旨」, for an overview 「概要」, for a plot outline 「粗筋」, for everyday summing-up 「まとめ」. Loanwords split by field: サマリー for business, アブストラクト for paper abstracts, シノプシス for film synopses, ダイジェスト for condensed editions. The many Sino-Japanese near-synonyms are written or title words — 概論, 概説, 総説, 提要, 綱要, 要覧 — while 総括 adds retrospective review and 概括 distills common features. For the opposite, use 詳細 or 詳述.

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1. 話はなしや文章ぶんしょうの要点ようてんを短みじかく纏まとめること。または、そのようにまとめられたもの。
2. 条件じょうけん。
3. 話はなしや文章ぶんしょうの要点ようてんを短みじかく纏まとめる。