短
短

short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point

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簡単かんたん簡短Noun～な Adj.Freq #353
1

simple; easy; uncomplicated

Examples
テニスをすることは私には簡単だ。
Playing tennis is easy for me.
2

brief; quick; light

短いみじかい～い Adj.Freq #1005
1

short

Examples
日がだんだん短くなっている。
The days are becoming shorter.
あの犬はしっぽが短い。
That dog has a short tail.
2

brief

Examples
彼は私に短い手紙をくれた。
He sent me a brief note.
短時間たんじかんNounAdverbFreq #7356
1

short time

Examples
あまりにも短時間に、あまりにもたくさんのことを盛り込むと、よい戦術は生れない。
If there are too many irons in the fire in too short a time, good strategy cannot result.
短期間たんきかんNounFreq #7905
1

short term; short time

短剣たんけんNounFreq #8472
1

short sword; dagger; stiletto

Examples
短剣だけで武装して、彼は攻撃してきた５人を皆追い払った。
Armed only with a short sword, he drove off all five of his attackers.
2

hour hand (of a clock)

単刀直入たんとうちょくにゅう短刀直入Noun～な Adj.～の Adj.四字熟語Freq #10609
1

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

Examples
もっと単刀直入に言ってくれないかな。隔靴掻痒の感なきにしもあらずだよ。
You don't have to leave me hanging like this. Why don't you just come out and tell it to me straight?
手短てみじか～な Adj.Freq #11478
1

short; brief

Examples
講演者は自分の論題がわかっていなかったし、話もうまくなかった、手短に言うと、彼にはがっかりさせられた。
The speaker didn't know his subject, nor did he speak well; in short, he was disappointing.
短縮たんしゅくNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #13270
1

shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

Examples
その橋のおかげで、私達は大いに時間が短縮できた。
The bridge saved us a lot of time.
最短さいたんNoun～の Adj.Freq #14515
1

shortest

Examples
これはパリへの最短コースです。
It's the shortest route to Paris.
短たんFreq #15068
1

Common noun

fault; defect; weak point

2

Common noun; Music

minor

3

Abbreviation; Common noun; Hanafuda

5-point card

4

Noun, used as a prefix

short

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