Kanji短
Readingたん
Frequency48%
Used in (308 in total)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
short term; short time
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
short spear
short distance; short range; short-haul
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
short-term
tanzaku; long, narrow strip of paper used for writing poetry, wishes, decorations, etc.; thin rectangle
short story; short film; short poem
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
shortest distance (to)
shorts; short pants
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
decisive battle of brief duration
short life; short lived
shallow thinking; imprudence; rashness; quick temper; short temper
junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
collection of short stories; collected short stories
short hand; hour hand
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
(small) boat
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
short-distance race; sprint
reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving
short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
short and small
short-legged
short wave
pistol; handgun
short stature; short figure
short period of time
short sides of a rectangle
(low) shoes
haste makes waste; anger and haste hinder good counsel
short summer night
ultrahigh frequency; UHF; ultrashort waves
short stature
junior college student
contraction; shortened form; abbreviated form
having a long torso and short legs; long-bodied and short-legged
ultrashort-wave; very high frequency
short sound
short deadline for payment or delivery; short delivery time; quick delivery
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
women's junior college
junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
short period of time
short, intensive course; crash course
brief comment or criticism
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
narrow view
short-wave broadcasting
temporary visitor (to a country or region); person on a short-term stay
short metal body armor (early Kofun to early Heian periods)
short phrase
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness
brachycephaly; flat head syndrome
short-answer (examination, etc.)
to remedy one's defects
5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
form of renku consisting of 24 verses
brief note; brief letter; brief message
small, light and thin (of consumer products, esp. electronics)
short-term rate of interest
dot (in Morse code)
stubborn and short-tempered
short sleep
impulsive and imprudent; rash and unthinking
operating under reduced business hours
short cycle; short period
chopping; base hit; one-base hit; single
short-distance race; sprint; dash
shorthorn; short-horned cattle
curtailed operations
short sleeper; person who does not need much sleep
harassment related to reducing work hours (but maintaining gross productivity)
short and insufficient
Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
short-range ballistic missile; SRBM
short press (of a button)
short-term plan; short-run project
quick-tempered; easily offended
Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
simple; easy; uncomplicated
shortening a vowel
dealt hand consisting of one 5-point card and six 1-point cards
Hagi Women's Junior College
Ueno Gakuen Junior College; Ueno Gakuen University Junior College Department
junior college (attached to a university)
Zion Junior College (1950-2000; now Ibaraki Christian University Junior College)
Felicia College of Childhood Education
high temperature short time sterilization method; HTST; flash pasteurization
reduction in working hours; shorter working hours
Institute of Business Administration and Management
Junior College of Art and Design of Musashino Art University
short-term loans payable; short-term debt; short-term borrowing
cheap, short in duration, and close to home (of a trip, vacation, etc.)
small-amount short-term insurance
lowered car; car with lowered suspension
short takeoff and landing aircraft; STOL aircraft
compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points
short-range forecast (usu. weather); daily forecast
short swimming pool lane (less than 50m; usu. 25m)
short communication; short note; concise communication
semi-minor axis (esp. in orbital matters)
Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
short-term loan
short-period comet; periodic comet
short circuit
short-term loan
Lorentz contraction; length contraction
Junior College of Nutrition
short-stalked (of grains); dwarf
tankan orange (Citrus tankan); tankan mandarin