[やく, yaku] (adv) (1) approximately; about; (n) (2) promise; (3) shortening; reduction; simplification; (4) { ling } (See 約音) contraction (in phonetics); (P) #405
[へらす, herasu] (v5s, vt) to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten; (P) #1937
[たんしゅく, tanshuku] (n, vs) shortening; abbreviation; reduction; (P) #5156
[sho-toningu] (n) shortening
[panji-] (n) pansy (Viola tricolor hortensis); (P)
[きぼしまるとびむし;キボシマルトビムシ, kiboshimarutobimushi ; kiboshimarutobimushi] (n) (uk) garden springtail (Bourletiella hortensis)
[つめる, tsumeru] (v1, vt) (1) to stuff into; to jam; to cram; to pack; to fill; to plug; to stop up; (v1, vt, vi) (2) to shorten; to move closer together; (v1, vt) (3) to reduce (spending); to conserve; (v1, vt, vi) (4) (usu. as 根を詰める) (See 根を詰める) to focus intently on; to strain oneself to do; (v1, vt) (5) to work out (details); (v1, vi) (6) to be on duty; to be stationed; (v1, vt) (7) to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate; (8) (the meaning "to jam one's finger" is predominantly used in Kansai) (See 指を詰める・1) to cut off (one's finger as an act of apology); to jam (one's finger in a door, etc.); (suf, v1) (9) to continue ...; to keep doing ... without a break; (10) to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly; (11) to force someone into a difficult situation by ...; (P)
[こうしんまち, koushinmachi] (n) (See 三尸) staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko
[じたん, jitan] (n) shortening of time
[じゅみょうをちぢめる, jumyouwochidimeru] (exp, v1) (See 命を縮める) to shorten one's life