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    3. 短縮

    短縮

    短たん縮しゅく

    shortening

    N1KMT6News #7+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, TransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab29 strokes

    たんしゅく

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive

    1.
    shortening, contraction, reduction, curtailment, abbreviation

    Stroke 0 / 29

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    会かい議ぎの時じ間かんを短たん縮しゅくしましょう。

    Let's shorten the meeting time.

    KMT4Daily LifeWork & Career
    通つう勤きん時じ間かんを短たん縮しゅくするために引ひっ越こしました。

    I moved to shorten my commute time.

    KMT6Daily LifeHome & Housing
    このソフトウェアは作さ業ぎょう工こう程ていを大おお幅はばに短たん縮しゅくできます。

    This software can significantly shorten the work process.

    KMT6Daily LifeTechnologyWork & Career
    電でん車しゃの路ろ線せんが延えん伸しんされ、移い動どう時じ間かんが短たん縮しゅくされた。

    The train line was extended, shortening travel time.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    プロジェクトの納のう期きを短たん縮しゅくするため、チームは残ざん業ぎょうを強しいられた。

    To shorten the project deadline, the team was forced to work overtime.

    KMT7Work & CareerDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    短
    みじか.い…(1)
    short・brevity・fault・defect・weak point
    縮
    ちぢ.む・ちぢ.まる・ちぢ.める・ちぢ.れる・ちぢ.らす…(1)
    shrink・contract・shrivel・wrinkle・reduce
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