also: たんや
short summer night
Refers to the short nights of summer, often used in poetic or literary contexts. Contrasts with 長夜 (long autumn/winter night).
See also: 長夜
It's a shame that the short summer night is ending.
Standard kanji spelling for the common reading みじかよ.
Alternate reading たんや, less common and possibly literary or archaic.
Irregular okurigana variant; rarely used.
Compound of 短 (short) and 夜 (night). The reading みじかよ is a kun'yomi compound, while たんや is an on'yomi reading.