短気 (たんき)short temper; quick temper; hot temper

short temper; quick temper; hot tempernoun (common) (futsuumeishi), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

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Kanji in 短気

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)
人気にんきpopularity; public favor
景気けいきbusiness conditions; the market
気きspirit; mind
気持ちきもちfeeling; sensation
病気びょうきillness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. colds); disease
電気でんきelectricity
一気いっきone breath
気分きぶんfeeling; mood

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