ellipsis points; suspension points; apostrophe
A punctuation mark indicating omission or abbreviation. In Japanese, it often refers to the ellipsis (…), but can also include the apostrophe (') in some contexts.
In Japanese writing, the three-dot leader (…) is often used as an ellipsis.
この辞書では、省略符号にアポストロフィーを用いることがある。
This dictionary sometimes uses an apostrophe as an abbreviation mark.