短時間 (tanjikan) Japanese meaning: short time | KotomoraI finished the work in a short time.
There was a brief power outage.
Usage patterns
〈事〉を短時間で〈動詞〉to do something in a short amount of time
I finished the work in a short time.
短時間の〈事〉a brief ~ (e.g. break, meeting)