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truncation
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Japanese Meaning
切り詰めること、短縮すること。特に、言語学において、単語の一部を省略して新しい単語（合成語やポートマントー）を作る行為を指す。
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(linguistics) The act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
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truncation
The linguistics paper argued that truncation often produces more colloquial blend words like 'brunch' and 'motel'.
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The linguistics paper argued that truncation often produces more colloquial blend words like 'brunch' and 'motel'.
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- Screen new word creation
- Screen word edits
- Screen word deletion
- Screen the creation of new headword that may be duplicates
- Screen changing entry name
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Sentence Edit Setting
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- Screen sentence deletion
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