List: abbreviation
An abbreviation is a shorter way to write a word or phrase.
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- electrician
- electrical engineering
- electric works (following company name)
popular abbreviation military noun noun (generic)
- lieutenant colonel (JGSDF)
popular rarely used kanji form noun noun (generic) abbreviation historical term poetical term
- haikai (collective name for haiku, haibun, haiga, senryลซ, etc.)
- haikai no renga (humorous, often vulgar style of renga which emerged in the 16th century)
- absurd, comical
popular noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- cased, boxed
- precious, cherished
- girl who has been sheltered from the world
- one's special talent
popular JLPT N2 abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- alarm clock
- waking up, keeping oneself awake
- early-morning treat (traditionally given to children in some parts of Japan), wake-up sweet
popular historical term derogatory noun noun (generic) noun (prefix) abbreviation food, cooking
- southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)
- South-East Asian countries (in the late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
- Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal and their South-East Asian colonies; late-Muromachi and Edo periods)
- foreign (of goods from South-East Asia and Western Europe), exotic (esp. in a Western European or South-East Asian style)
- chili pepper
- nanban, dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
- thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm; in kabuki, dance, puppetry, etc.)
popular usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- ridge of earth between rice fields
- ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel
- footpath between rice fields, causeway
popular abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- excess of imports
popular noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- seven colours (of the rainbow), prismatic colors
- blend of seven spices (cayenne, sesame, Japanese pepper, citrus peel, etc.)
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) abbreviation
- carry-over (of a balance, annual leave, etc.), carrying over, bringing forward, carrying forward, transfer
- balance brought forward, balance carried forward