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143 word matches found for '短' using reading 'たん'
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Most common form: 簡単
1. simple; easy; uncomplicated
2. brief; quick; light
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short-term  (opposite: 長期)
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Most common form: たんしゅく
shortening; abbreviation; reduction
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noun
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution  (see also: 短期大学; abbreviation)
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Most common form: たんか
noun
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem  (see also: 長歌)
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Most common form: 短篇
noun
short (e.g. story, film)
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noun
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage  (opposite: 長所)
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noun
1. long, narrow card on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); strip of paper
2. thin rectangle  (see also: 短冊形; abbreviation)
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quick temper; short temper
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noun
1. length
2. long and short; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits
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shortest  (opposite: 最長)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
short time
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noun
short distance; short range; short-haul
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short wave
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noun
minor key  (see also: 長調; music term)
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short life; short lived
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noun
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
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1. electric short-circuit
2. drawing a hasty inference between two events; jumping to a quick conclusion; dealing with matters quickly and carelessly
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noun
short term; short time
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noun
shorts; short pants
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noun
1. fault; defect; weak point  (see also: )
2. minor  (see also: ; music term)
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Most common form: たんじゅう
noun
pistol; revolver
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noun
1. short sentence
2. short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
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noun
short sword; dagger; dirk
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noun
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings  (yojijukugo)
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Most common form: 赤タン
noun
(in hanafuda) the collection of the three red poetry ribbon cards  (see also: 青短, 花札)
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Most common form: 単刀直入
going right to the point; point-blank; without beating about the bush; frankness  (yojijukugo)
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Most common form: たんし
verselet
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noun
brief note; brief letter; brief message
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noun
narrow view
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