略す

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 略す is read as りゃくす and is a godan transitive verb for omitting detail or shortening a long name into an abbreviated form.
• Basic usage: Use 説明は略す for leaving material out and 団体名を三文字に略す for shortening a name to three characters.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Omission and abbreviation
  • Skipping a detailed explanation is omission, while reducing an organization name to three characters is abbreviation.
• Result marked by に
  • 三文字に gives the length after shortening and does not say that the original name already had three characters.