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短い: short

短みじかい mijikai

short; brief
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Example sentences

In winter the daytime is very short.

For that reason, it is thought that their life expectancy was much shorter than that of people today.

From the lesson 縄文人の体と暮らし

Ōyamatsumi said sadly, “Had you kept both, your life would have been long like a rock and you would have flourished like blossoms. But since you sent the elder sister back and kept only the younger, your life will be short like a flower.”

From the lesson 天孫降臨

For this reason, the story says, the lives of the emperors became short.

From the lesson 天孫降臨

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