abbreviation; shortening

to abbreviate; to shorten

short, brief / short, brief (in time) / short (in space, from one point to another) / short, brief (in length, such as a text or speech) / (archaic) short (in height)

(Ibaraki dialect) short, brief

a document, a written record / a letter, an epistle

a document / (in palaeography) a written text between two parties

(archaic) a document / (archaic) (in palaeography) a written text between two parties

(archaic) the act of writing of a letter or correspondence / (archaic) the writing in a letter or correspondence, especially the style or appearance

about, approximately

contract, promise / to contract, to shorten / approximately, roughly