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short; brief

short time

short term; short time

short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)

short; brief

shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

shortest

fault; defect; minor; 5-point card

short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability

shortish; rather short; somewhat short

simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

short hair

short-term

shortest distance (to)

defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage

short distance; short range; short-haul

to be too short

long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

shorts; short pants

short (e.g. story, film)

decisive battle of brief duration

short life; short lived

quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient

imprudence; quick temper

short; brief

short spear

tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem

junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution

short-term

not having long to live

pistol; revolver

short hand; hour hand

(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points

(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings

quick-tempered; impatient

submachine gun

short story; novella

short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions

short-distance race; sprint

collection of short stories; collected short stories

short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)

reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving

short (e.g. story, film)

short and small

short-legged

short wave

to be too short

(small) boat

pistol; revolver

short-term memory

short-tempered; quick-tempered; impatient; hasty; rash

short period of time

short-tempered; quick-tempered; impatient; hasty; rash

impetuousness

minor key

short stature

speed dialing

haste makes waste; anger and haste hinder good counsel

short; brief

short hair

(low) shoes

junior college student

short story; novella

C minor

short summer night

short film

G minor

verselet

ultrahigh frequency; UHF; ultrashort waves

short-term stay

contraction; shortened form; abbreviated form

B minor

A minor

in brief; to put it succinctly

E minor

D minor

having a long torso and short legs; long-bodied and short-legged

thin rectangle

junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution

simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light

women's junior college

short sound

ultrashort-wave; very high frequency

F minor

C sharp minor

short period of time

short; brief

shortish; rather short; somewhat short

short course (swimming)

short time

brief comment or criticism

neither one thing nor the other; (lit.) too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie

operating under reduced business hours

shortish; rather short; somewhat short

5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)

B flat minor

short, intensive course; crash course

short phrase

narrow view

long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

short summer night

short-wave broadcasting

Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

short-term rate of interest

short-wave receiver

neither one thing nor the other; (lit.) too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie

shortish; rather short; somewhat short

curtailment of operations

brief note; brief letter; brief message

small penis

short-haired

speed dialing

briefly; in short; in a nutshell; in summary; to put it briefly

small, light and thin (of consumer products, esp. electronics)

if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness

dot (in Morse code)

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

treasury bill; TB

Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey

minor scale

stubborn and short-tempered

chopping; base hit; one-base hit; single

shorthorn; short-horned cattle

short sleep

short cycle; short period

women's junior college

impulsive and imprudent; rash and unthinking

short-distance race; sprint; dash

Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey

minor axis

short-term plan; short-run project

financing bill; FB

short-chain fatty acid

quick-tempered; easily offended

curtailed operations

short and insufficient

long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle

brachycephaly

short-term loan

simple; easy; uncomplicated

shortening a vowel

lowered car; car with lowered suspension

short-day plants

short-term bill

plane able to make short takeoffs and landings

short-term loan

Junior College of Nutrition

short circuit

short vowel

short-term loan

short-tempered and impatient

compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points

Lorentz contraction

natural minor scale

melodic minor scale

harmonic minor scale

open shortest path first; OSPF

abbreviated address calling

short reference delimiter role

short reference use declaration

short reference set

short reference mapping declaration

short reference (string)

compaction method

art is long, life is short; ars longa, vita brevis

semi-minor axis (esp. in orbital matters)

minor third

high temperature short time sterilization method; HTST; flash pasteurization

short-stalked (of grains); dwarf

short-term loans payable; short-term debt; short-term borrowing

short communication; short note; concise communication

summary of accounts

brachydactyly

brachyurans

semiminor axis

brevity; shortness

reduction in working hours; shorter working hours

short integer

short sleeper; person who doesn't need much sleep

minor mode

harassment related to reducing work hours (but maintaining gross productivity)

short-range forecast (usu. weather); daily forecast

dealt hand consisting of one 5-point card and six 1-point cards

cheap, short in duration, and close to home (of a trip, vacation, etc.)

cheap, short in duration, and close to home (of a trip, vacation, etc.)

short-period comet; periodic comet

tankan orange (Citrus tankan); tankan mandarin