短たん絡らく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

short circuit; short

Technical term in electricity and electronics; also used as a suru-verb meaning 'to short-circuit'.

See also: ショート

• 配はい線せんのミスで回かい路ろが短たん絡らくした。

  The circuit short-circuited due to a wiring mistake.

• 水みずが入はいって基き板ばんが短たん絡らくしてしまった。

  Water got in and shorted the circuit board.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

illogical jump; jumping to conclusions; rash action

Figurative use derived from the electrical sense: connecting two things without proper reasoning, often leading to hasty or rash conclusions. Common in phrases like 短絡的な考え (simplistic thinking) or 短絡する (to jump to a conclusion).

• 彼かれは失しっ敗ぱいの原げん因いんをすぐに人ひとのせいにする短たん絡らく的てきなところがある。

  He has a tendency to jump to conclusions and blame others for failures.

• その二ふたつの事じ件けんを短たん絡らくして考かんがえるのは危き険けんだ。

  It's dangerous to draw a hasty connection between those two incidents.