noun
reduced business hours; shortened operating hours
Refers to a business or facility operating with shorter hours than usual, often due to external circumstances like pandemic measures or energy saving.
緊急事態宣言中は、多くの飲食店が時短営業を余儀なくされた。
During the state of emergency, many restaurants were forced to operate under reduced hours.
このスーパーは夜8時までの時短営業となっています。
This supermarket is operating on shortened hours until 8 p.m.
Compound of 時短 (jitan), an abbreviation of 時間短縮 (jikan tanshuku, 'time reduction'), and 営業 (eigyō, 'business operations').