前略

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
前 略
ぜん
Grade: 2 		りゃく
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Phrase

前(ぜん)略(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.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

前(ぜん)略(りゃく) • (zenryaku) 

  1. omitting the beginning (of an article)

Verb

前(ぜん)略(りゃく)する • (zenryaku suru) suru (stem 前(ぜん)略(りゃく)し (zenryaku shi), past 前(ぜん)略(りゃく)した (zenryaku shita))

  1. to omit the beginning (of an article)
Conjugation
Conjugation of "前略する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 前略し ぜんりゃくし zenryaku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 前略し ぜんりゃくし zenryaku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 前略する ぜんりゃくする zenryaku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 前略する ぜんりゃくする zenryaku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 前略すれ ぜんりゃくすれ zenryaku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 前略せよ¹
前略しろ² 		ぜんりゃくせよ¹
ぜんりゃくしろ² 		zenryaku seyo¹
zenryaku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 前略される ぜんりゃくされる zenryaku sareru
Causative 前略させる
前略さす 		ぜんりゃくさせる
ぜんりゃくさす 		zenryaku saseru
zenryaku sasu
Potential 前略できる ぜんりゃくできる zenryaku dekiru
Volitional 前略しよう ぜんりゃくしよう zenryaku shiyō
Negative 前略しない ぜんりゃくしない zenryaku shinai
Negative continuative 前略せず ぜんりゃくせず zenryaku sezu
Formal 前略します ぜんりゃくします zenryaku shimasu
Perfective 前略した ぜんりゃくした zenryaku shita
Conjunctive 前略して ぜんりゃくして zenryaku shite
Hypothetical conditional 前略すれば ぜんりゃくすれば zenryaku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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