短い: short
短い mijikai
short; brief
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そのため、今の人より、寿命はずっと短かったと考えられています。
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
オオヤマツミは、悲しんで言いました。「二人を置けば、命は岩のように長く、花のようにもさかえたでしょう。でも、姉を返して、妹だけを置いたので、命は花のように短くなるでしょう。」
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
From the lesson 天孫降臨