Kanji1 / 12
短 kanji
short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
タン
Kun readings
みじかい
Words with 短
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —操業短縮curtailment of operations
- —短機関銃submachine gun
- —短編小説short story
- —変ロ短調B flat minor
- —極超短波ultrahigh frequency; UHF; ultrashort waves
- —軽薄短小small, light and thin (of consumer products, esp. electronics)
- —短日植物short-day plants
- —短期手形short-term bill
- —短期貸付short-term loan
- —短編映画short film
- —短を補うto remedy one's defects
- —最短距離shortest distance (to)
- —短期決戦decisive battle of brief duration
- —短波放送short-wave broadcasting
- —短期国債treasury bill; TB
- —短慮軽率impulsive and imprudent; rash and unthinking
- —一徹短慮stubborn and short-tempered
- —胴長短足having a long torso and short legs; long-bodied and short-legged
- —短期計画short-term plan; short-run project
- —採長補短compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points