Zenryaku

前略 (Zenryaku) is a Japanese expression meaning “dispensing with the preliminaries ..., omitting the previous part”.

Meanings

  1. expressiondispensing with the preliminaries ...at the beginning of a brief letter
  2. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbomitting the previous partwhen quoting something

Kanji in 前略

in frontabbreviation

Related words

youpointlast (i.e. immediately preceding)in front (of)namenaturalnaturalthe other daybeforebefore one's eyesalmostjust before