略りゃく語ご

りゃ

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ご

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

abbreviation; acronym

Refers to any shortened form of a word or phrase, including initialisms and acronyms. Common in both everyday and technical contexts.

「スマホ」は「スマートフォン」の略りゃく語ごです。
"Sumaho" is an abbreviation of "sumātofon" (smartphone).
この略りゃく語ごの正せい式しき名めい称しょうを知しっていますか。
Do you know the full name of this abbreviation?

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の略りゃく語ごabbreviation for ~
ITはInformation Technologyの略りゃく語ごだ。
IT is an abbreviation for Information Technology.
略りゃく語ごを使つかうto use an abbreviation
会かい話わではよく略りゃく語ごを使つかう。
People often use abbreviations in conversation.
略りゃく語ごで表あらわすto express in abbreviated form
長ながい名な前まえを略りゃく語ごで表あらわすことが多おおい。
Long names are often expressed in abbreviated form.

Kanji

略abbreviation, omission, outline
語word, speech, language

Related words

頭とう字じ語ご
頭字語 refers specifically to an acronym made from initial letters, while 略語 covers any kind of shortened word or phrase.
省しょう略りゃくN3
省略 is the act of omitting or shortening something, whereas 略語 is the resulting shortened word itself.
略りゃく称しょう
略語 refers to an abbreviated word or expression in general, while 略称 specifically means a shortened name or designation for something.

Opposites

正せい式しき名めい称しょう
正式名称 is the full, official name of something, in contrast to 略語, its shortened everyday form.

Don't confuse with

略りゃくN1
略語 names a specific abbreviated word or acronym, whereas 略 is the more general noun for abbreviation, omission, or outline.
省しょう略りゃくN3
略語 is the actual shortened word that results, while 省略 is the act or process of shortening or omitting something.

Etymology

Compound of 略 (ryaku, 'abbreviation') and 語 (go, 'word'). The kanji combination directly reflects the meaning.