[しょうひつ;せいひつ, shouhitsu ; seihitsu] (n, vs) abbreviation; simplified form of a character; cutting out some strokes in a character; omitting some passages
[ぜんりゃく, zenryaku] (n) (1) (opening formula of a brief letter) Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that...; (n, vs) (2) omitting the beginning; (P)