Moto 短: Short; Brevity; FaultKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- タン
- Kun'yomi
- みじか(い)
- Level
- JLPT N2Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 187 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (タン)
- 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
- 短歌たんかtanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
- 短縮たんしゅくshortening; contraction
- 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
- 短距離たんきょりshort distance; short range
- 短銃たんじゅうpistol; revolver
- 最短さいたんshortest
- 短命たんめいshort life; short lived
- 短絡たんらくshort circuit; short
- 短調たんちょうminor key
- 短期大学たんきだいがくjunior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
- 一長一短いっちょういったん(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages
- 短パンたんパンshorts; short pants
- 短刀たんとうshort sword; knife
- 短所たんしょdefect; demerit
- 短文たんぶんshort sentence
- 短気たんきshort temper; quick temper
- 短詩たんしverselet
- イ短調イたんちょうA minor
- オープン最短パスファーストオープンさいたんパスファーストopen shortest path first; OSPF
- ト短調トたんちょうG minor
- ニ短調ニたんちょうD minor
- ハ短調ハたんちょうC minor
- ヘ短調ヘたんちょうF minor
- ホ短調ホたんちょうE minor
- ローレンツ短縮ローレンツたんしゅくLorentz contraction
- ロ短調ロたんちょうB minor
- 一徹短慮いってつたんりょstubborn and short-tempered
- 企業短期経済観測調査きぎょうたんきけいざいかんそくちょうさthe Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey
- 労働時間短縮ろうどうじかんたんしゅくreduction in working hours; shorter working hours
- 和声的短音階わせいてきたんおんかいharmonic minor scale
- 変ロ短調へんロたんちょうB flat minor
- 女子短大じょしたんだいwomen's junior college
- 女子短期大学じょしたんきだいがくwomen's junior college
- 嬰ハ短調えいハたんちょうC sharp minor
- 安近短あんきんたんcheap, short in duration, and close to home (of a trip, vacation, etc.)
- 採長補短さいちょうほたんcompensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points
- 操業短縮そうぎょうたんしゅくcurtailment of operations
- 操短そうたんcurtailed operations
- 政府短期証券せいふたんきしょうけんfinancing bill; FB
- 旋律的短音階せんりつてきたんおんかいmelodic minor scale
- 日銀短観にちぎんたんかんthe Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey
- 時短じたんreduction in working hours; reduction in business hours
- 時短ハラスメントじたんハラスメントharassment related to reducing work hours (but maintaining gross productivity)
- 時短営業じたんえいぎょうoperating under reduced business hours
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 短いみじかいshort
- 短めみじかめshortish; rather short
- 帯に短したすきに長しおびにみじかしたすきにながしneither one thing nor the other; too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie
- 帯に短し襷に長しおびにみじかしたすきにながしneither one thing nor the other; too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie
- 手短てみじかshort; brief
- 手短いてみじかいshort; brief
- 手短に言うとてみじかにいうとin brief; to put it succinctly
- 手短に言えばてみじかにいえばbriefly; in short
Other readings
- 短編たんぺんshort (e.g. story, film)
- 短冊たんじゃくlong, narrow card on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); strip of paper
- 短波たんぱshort wave
- 安・近・短あんきんたんcheap, short in duration, and close to home (of a trip, vacation, etc.)
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