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短期
たんき
Common word
N3
Other
short-term; short period
短縮
たんしゅく
Common word
N1
Nouns
shortening; reduction; abbreviation
短期間
たんきかん
Common word
Nouns
short term; short period
短編
たんぺん
Common word
N2
Nouns
short story; short film; short poem
短時間
たんじかん
Common word
Nouns
short time; brief period
最短
さいたん
Common word
Other
shortest; minimum
短歌
たんか
Common word
N1
Nouns
tanka; 31-syllable Japanese poem
短所
たんしょ
Common word
N3
Nouns
weak point; shortcoming; defect; disadvantage
短大
たんだい
Common word
N1
Nouns
junior college; two-year college
短気
たんき
Common word
N2
Nouns
short temper; impatience; irritability
短パン
たんパン
Nouns
shorts; short pants
短絡
たんらく
Common word
Nouns
short circuit; short · illogical jump; jumping to conclusions; rash action
時短
じたん
Nouns
reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours · time-saving
短距離
たんきょり
Common word
Nouns
short distance; short range; short-haul
短剣
たんけん
Nouns
short sword; dagger; stiletto · hour hand (of a clock)
短調
たんちょう
Common word
Nouns
minor key
短波
たんぱ
Common word
N1
Nouns
short wave
短髪
たんぱつ
Nouns
short hair
短文
たんぶん
Nouns
short sentence · short piece of writing; short passage; short article; short composition
短小
たんしょう
な-adjectives
short and small
短刀
たんとう
Common word
Nouns
short sword; dagger; tantō
短冊
たんざく
Common word
Nouns
tanzaku; poem slip; long narrow paper strip for writing poems · thin rectangle; oblong shape
短命
たんめい
Common word
な-adjectives
short-lived; short life
一長一短
いっちょういったん
N1
Nouns
merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
長短
ちょうたん
Common word
N2
Nouns
length; relative length · pros and cons; merits and demerits; strengths and weaknesses
ト短調
トたんちょう
Nouns
G minor
短信
たんしん
Nouns
brief note; short message
短針
たんしん
Nouns
short hand; hour hand
短銃
たんじゅう
Common word
Nouns
pistol; handgun
安近短
あんきんたん
Other
cheap, short, and nearby
採長補短
さいちょうほたん
Nouns
compensating for one's shortcomings by adopting others' strengths
操短
そうたん
Nouns
curtailed operations; production cutback
短一
たんいち
Nouns
hand with one 5-point card and six 1-point cards
短三度
たんさんど
Nouns
minor third
短兵急
たんぺいきゅう
な-adjectives
impetuousness; rashness; suddenness
短半径
たんはんけい
Nouns
semiminor axis
短句
たんく
Nouns
short phrase
短周期
たんしゅうき
Nouns
short cycle; short period
短呼
たんこ
Nouns
vowel shortening
短報
たんぽう
Nouns
short communication; brief report; concise note
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