短

Meaning

短 centers on the idea of being short in length, duration, or quality: something brief, insufficient, or falling short of a standard, which naturally extends to faults and weak points.

• 短いみじかい
  N5

  short

• 短期たんき
  N3

  short-term

• 短縮たんしゅく
  N1

  shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

• 短期間たんきかん

  short term; short time

• 短編たんぺん
  N2

  short story; short film; short poem

• 短時間たんじかん

  short time

• 最短さいたん

  shortest

• 短歌たんか
  N1

  tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem

• 短所たんしょ
  N3

  defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage

• 短大たんだい
  N1

  junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs

• 短気たんき
  N2

  short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability

• 短絡たんらく

  short circuit; short

• 短距離たんきょり

  short distance; short range; short-haul

• 短調たんちょう

  minor key

• 短めみじかめ

  shortish; rather short; somewhat short

• 短期大学たんきだいがく
  N1

  junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs

• 短波たんぱ
  N1

  short wave

• 短刀たんとう

  short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

• 短冊たんざく

  tanzaku; poem slip; poetry slip; long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically)

• 短命たんめい

  short life; short lived

• 長短ちょうたん
  N2

  (relative) length

• 短銃たんじゅう

  pistol

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