短みじかい

Meanings

Usage patterns

• 〈物もの〉が短みじかいX is short (in length)

  このズボンは丈たけが短みじかい。

  These pants are too short in the legs.

• 〈物もの〉を短みじかくするto make X shorter

  夏なつになったので髪かみを短みじかくした。

  I cut my hair short since summer arrived.

• 短みじかい間あいだにin a short period of time

  短みじかい間あいだにたくさんのことを学まなんだ。

  I learned a lot in a short time.

• 話はなしが短みじかいthe talk/explanation is brief

  彼かれのスピーチは話はなしが短みじかくて分わかりやすかった。

  His speech was short and easy to understand.

Expressions

• 気きが短みじかいquick-tempered; impatient; short-tempered
• 老おい先さき短みじかいnot having long to live; one's remaining years are few
• 帯おびに短みじかし襷たすきに長ながしneither one thing nor the other; too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie
• 芸げい術じゅつは長ながく人じん生せいは短みじかしart is long, life is short