短命 (たんめい)short life; short lived

short life; short livedadjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

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Kanji in 短命

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
短編たんぺんshort (e.g. story, film)
革命かくめいrevolution
生命せいめいlife; existence
命いのちlife; life force
命令めいれいorder; command
懸命けんめいeager; earnest
一生懸命いっしょうけんめいvery hard; with utmost effort
亡命ぼうめいflight from one's country; seeking asylum
使命しめいmission; errand

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