Culture and slang · Lesson 14

How words get shortened: 「スマホ」「コンビニ」「就活しゅうかつ」

就活しゅうかつは、就職活動しゅうしょくかつどうを短みじかくした言葉ことばです。

Japanese speech is full of short forms: 「スマホ」, 「コンビニ」, 「ファミレス」, 「就活しゅうかつ」 and 「バイト」. Patterns, exceptions, and when to say them in full.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: in the student canteen
  2. 02Loanwords: the first two beats of each word
  3. 03Kanji words: one character from each word
  4. 04Beyond the patterns: exceptions and other ways of shortening
  5. 05When to use the full form
  6. 06Easy misunderstandings

Practice

  • Match each abbreviation to its meaning
  • What do people usually say?
  • Which one is appropriate?
  • True or false?
  • Write the everyday short form
  • Put the dialogue in order

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