省略 (shouryaku) Japanese meaning: omission | Kotomora

省しょう略りゃく

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省略する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

General act of omitting or skipping something, often intentionally. Used for words, steps, details, etc.

短たん縮しゅくN1sense 1
短縮 means to make something (like time or length) physically shorter, while 省略 means to leave out or abbreviate parts of something.
割かつ愛あい sense 1
割愛 is a more formal, often apologetic way of saying you are skipping something due to time or space constraints, whereas 省略 is neutral and general.
削さく除じょN3sense 1
削除 means to delete or remove something entirely (often permanently), while 省略 means to omit it for brevity while it may still exist elsewhere.
略りゃくN1
省略 explicitly means the act of omitting or leaving something out, while 略 can refer either to the omission itself or to the resulting abbreviated form.

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中ちゅう略りゃく
省略 is the general term for omitting or abbreviating any part of something, while 中略 specifically means omitting the middle portion of a text or quotation.
略りゃく語ごN1
省略 is the act of omitting or shortening something, whereas 略語 is the resulting shortened word itself.
手て抜ぬきN1
省略 means omission or abbreviation and can be neutral or even efficient, whereas 手抜き always carries a negative judgment about cutting corners.
略りゃく称しょう

詳しょう述じゅつ sense 1
詳述 means to explain something in full detail, the opposite of 省略, which means to leave details out.
補ほ足そくN1
補足 adds missing information to make an explanation complete, while 省略 leaves information out or abbreviates it.

略りゃく語ごN1sense 2
略語 is the actual shortened word that results, while 省略 is the act or process of shortening or omitting something.

箇か所しょN2sense 1
省略 is counted with 箇所 when referring to the number of places or spots where something has been left out, e.g. 三箇所省略した.

From 省 (omit, save) + 略 (abbreviate, roughly). Both kanji contribute the sense of cutting down or leaving out.