List: abbreviation
An abbreviation is a shorter way to write a word or phrase.
popular noun noun (generic) noun (suffix) abbreviation prefix
- death
- rejection (of a manuscript, etc.)
- lacking, without
popular gikun or jukujikun noun noun (generic) abbreviation usually written using kana alone
- Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama)
- Inari shrine, Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
- fox (said to be messengers of Inari)
- fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes)
- inarizushi
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- antics, buffoonery, clowning
- clown, jester
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- over-optimistic calculation, counting one's chickens before they're hatched
popular abbreviation shogi noun noun (generic) baseball
- rook
- fly ball
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ noun noun (generic) abbreviation historical term
- common, ordinary, usual, average, normal
- fair (e.g. fight), gracious, honorable
- frank, open, tame, ready
- understated (e.g. facial features), modest, pleasant, discreetly elegant, demure
- elementary school (in Japan; 1886-1941), primary school
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- tanzaku, long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.
- thin rectangle
popular rarely used kanji form abbreviation usually written using kana alone food, cooking noun noun (generic)
- chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang)
- provincial office (under the ritsuryล system), provincial capital
popular historical term noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912), Ch'ing dynasty, Manchu dynasty
- seichลtai, typeface which resembles brush-stroke forms of characters