Meaning
brevity · defect · fault · short · weak point
On'yomi
タン
Kun'yomi
みじか.い
Common compounds (28)
- 簡単 かんたんbrief; quick; light
- 短篇 たんぺんshort (e.g. story, film)
- 短冊 たんじゃくthin rectangle
- 短かめ みじかめshortish; rather short; somewhat short
- 短い みじかいbrief
- 短期 たんきshort-term
- 短大 たんだいjunior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
- 短歌 みじかうたtanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
- 短縮 たんしゅくshortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
- 長短 ちょうたん(relative) length
- 短期間 たんきかんshort term; short time
- 短時間 たんじかんshort time