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詳略 (しょうりゃく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

詳しょう略りゃく

Meanings

1

noun

details and summaries

obsolete term

Obsolete term referring to the full account and the condensed version of a matter. Not used in modern Japanese.

古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、事じ件けんの詳しょう略りゃくを記しるすといった表ひょう現げんが見みられる。
In old documents, one can find expressions like 'recording the details and summaries of an incident.'

Kanji

詳detailed, full, minute
略abbreviation, omission, outline

Etymology

Compound of 詳 (detailed) and 略 (abbreviated). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in classical texts as a term for both full and condensed accounts.