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    3. 前略

    前略

    前ぜん略りゃく

    dispensing with the preliminaries ...

    KMT7CoreCore ConceptsKanji Vocab20 strokes

    ぜんりゃく

    Expressions

    1.
    dispensing with the preliminaries ...

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    2.
    omitting the previous part

    Stroke 0 / 20

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    手て紙がみの冒ぼう頭とうに「前ぜん略りゃく」と書かいた。

    I wrote "Dear Sir/Madam" (omitting preliminaries) at the beginning of the letter.

    KMT6Core Concepts
    前ぜん略りゃく、お元げん気きでいらっしゃいますか。

    Dispensing with the preliminaries, how are you?

    KMT7Core Concepts
    ビジネスメールでは「前ぜん略りゃく」はあまり使つかわれない。

    In business emails, "zenryaku" is not often used.

    KMT7Core ConceptsBusiness & Finance
    昔むかしの手て紙がみには「前ぜん略りゃく」から始はじまるものが多おおかった。

    Many old letters began with "zenryaku."

    KMT7Core ConceptsHistory
    時じ間かんがないので、前ぜん略りゃく、本ほん題だいに入はいらせていただきます。

    Since there's no time, skipping the preliminaries, I'll get straight to the main point.

    KMT8Core Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    前
    まえ・-まえ…(4)
    in front・before
    略
    ほぼ・はぶ.く・おか.す・おさ.める・はかりごと・はか.る…(1)
    abbreviation・omission・outline・shorten・capture…(1)
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