たん
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. short-term
Kanji used
short
period (of time)
Pitch accent
んき
Top 23900
Composed of
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
short term; short time
decisive battle of brief duration
Examples (2 in total)
The short term contract employees were dismissed without notice.
As the recession set in, temporary employees were laid off one after another.