短い
みじかい
hepburn mijikai
short (length)
Part of speech · i-adjective
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 短い時間でできます。I can do it in a short time.
- 短い文を書いてください。Please write a short sentence.
Collocations
短い時間 (short time)短い文 (short sentence)短くする (shorten)短編 (tanpen, short story)最短 (saitan, shortest)
Mnemonic
短い mijikai — i-adjective "short". Opposite: 長い. Onyomi たん (tan): 短編 tanpen (short story), 最短 saitan (shortest), 短期 tanki (short-term). The kanji uses 矢 (arrow) as a visual short unit.
Quick check
"Short story" in Japanese?