Usage patterns 短たん 気き を 起お こす to lose one's temper; to fly into a rage
He quickly lost his temper and shouted.
短たん 気き になる to become short-tempered or impatient
I feel like I've become more short-tempered as I've gotten older.
短たん 気き な 〈 人ひと 〉 a short-tempered, easily irritated person
She's a short-tempered person who gets irritated easily.
Expressions 短たん 気き は 損そん 気き haste makes waste; anger and haste hinder good counsel Related words 気短 means the same as 短気 (quick to lose patience or temper), but 短気 is by far the more common word in everyday Japanese.
せっかち describes impatience and restlessness in behavior, while 短気 focuses on quickness to anger or irritation.
短気 is a formal noun/na-adjective for 'short temper', while 気が短い is the everyday spoken expression describing the same trait.
短気 describes a short-tempered personality trait, while 性急 emphasizes impatience and rashness in actions or decisions.
Opposites 気長 describes a patient, unhurried temperament, the direct opposite of 短気 's quickness to anger or frustration.
短気 describes someone who is quick-tempered and easily angered, the opposite of the calm, even-tempered nature described by 温厚 .
短気 describes a short temper that gives up or flares up quickly, the opposite disposition to 辛抱 , which is the ability to endure patiently.
短気 describes a quick temper or lack of patience, the opposite disposition of 忍耐 's calm endurance.
Don't confuse with· 6 短気 (short-tempered) and 短命 (short-lived) share the kanji 短 but describe completely different things—personality versus lifespan.
短期 (short-term) and 短気 (short-tempered) are pronounced identically but have completely unrelated meanings, so context or kanji must disambiguate them.
短気 (short-tempered) shares the kanji 短 with 短絡 but describes a personality trait, not the electrical or logical-leap meaning of 短絡 .
Show 3 more Show fewer 短気 (short-tempered) is pronounced the same as 短期 but means impatience or a quick temper, unrelated to 短期間 's meaning of a brief time span.
短気 (short-tempered, quick to anger) looks similar with its 気 ending but describes an irritable temperament, the opposite of the calm 呑気 .
短気 means quick to anger or short-tempered, whereas 気が早い is about acting or deciding hastily without necessarily involving anger.
Written forms 短たん 気き Usage 94%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency entry.
タンキ Usage 6%
Etymology Compound of 短 (short) and 気 (spirit/mind), literally 'short-spirited'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the kanji combination transparently conveys the meaning.
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