じたん

時短
shortening of time

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I

じたん【事端】

the origin [cause] of an affair; the inception; the beginning.

●事端を構える find a pretext 《for an action》.

II

じたん【時短】

〔労働時間短縮〕 reduction [cut] in working hours; shorter working hours.

●時短を促進する try to reduce working hours.