Keyword
short
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1550
Readings
たん
(47%)
Composed of
arrow
bean
Mnemonic

I can hit a bean with an arrow only from a short distance.

Used in vocabulary (190 in total)
Examples (109 in total)
Human life is short.
Life is short.
He sent me a brief letter.
Her hair is very short.
She has short hair.
She looks cute with her hair short.
I must have it shortened.
You've cut my hair too short.
I like short hair.
There was a short silence.
You look nice with your hair short.
He died after a brief illness.
He cannot have gone so far in such a short time.
When summer is over, the days grow shorter and shorter.
A lot happened in a short time.
Your skirt is too short.
She likes short skirts.
In the summer, days are long and nights are short.
The days are getting shorter.
Days are getting shorter and shorter.
The woman's hair is quite short.
She had her hair cut short.
My mother cut my hair too short.
In a word, life is short.
This story is short enough to read in one lesson.
Rabbits have long ears and short tails.
I like short poems.
Make this sentence a little shorter.
The days grow shorter as winter approaches.
This drama consists of just two short scenes.
The life span of a butterfly is short.
Art is long, life is short.
Life is at best very short.
Ten miles is not a short distance.
A month is too little time.
The period of hot weather is very short here.
Life is too long to do nothing, but too short to do something.
He gave a short talk.
He resumed his work after a short break.
Winters in the north are long, but summers are short.
Ten years is a short time when we look back at it.
I cannot do it in such a brief time.
He has two pencils. One is long and the other one is short.
You can not master English in a short time.
It is impossible to master English in a short time.
The concert was short, but it was really good.
I wanted my hair cut short.
He had his hair cut short.
He answered in brief.
Life being very short, you ought not to waste your time.
Life being very short, we ought not to waste time.
With the coming of winter, days are getting shorter.
Tom, which do you prefer, girls with long hair or girls with short hair?
It's the shortest route to Paris.
It was not easy to get a lot of money in a short time.
His speech was brief and to the point.
February is the shortest month.
Why is February shorter than the other months?
Why is February shorter than other months?
We had a short vacation in February.
I cannot put up with his temper any longer.
His speech was very short.
His speech was short and to the point.
Violet light has a shorter wavelength than red light.
We ran out of time, so we had to cut our presentation short.
It is almost impossible to learn a foreign language in a short time.
Jane had her hair cut short before the athletic meet.
Everyone has strengths and weaknesses.
Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.
Tom is wearing shorts.
The barber has cut your hair very short.
This coat is too short on me.
Is the skirt not too short?
This is too short.
Isn't that skirt too short?
Three hours is too short for us to discuss that matter.
His speech was too short.
Our stay in London was too short.
Two hours is too short for us to discuss the matter.
Three months is too short a time to finish the experiment.
It's the shortest route to Boston.
That dog has a short tail.
He has a bad temper.
The rope was a couple of meters too short.
The teacher wrote a short comment on each student's paper.
The time spent to see the monument is short.
This writer is at his best in his short stories.
This book contains a lot of short stories.
Tom wrote a short story.
Tom is writing a short story.
Tom writes short stories.
Tom is reading a short story.
He tried writing a short story.
She writes short stories.
She tried to write a short story.
She is a short story writer.
I've been busy writing a short story.
They are demanding shorter working hours.
Tom has short legs.
Every programming language has its pros and cons.
His reply was short and to the point.
The short term contract employees were dismissed without notice.
A dachshund is a dog from Germany with a very long body and short legs.
I should've chosen a shorter username.
Do introverts have shorter lives than extroverts?
Mozart's life was very short.
To put it briefly, she turned down his proposal.
The lunar month is shorter than the calendar month.
As the recession set in, temporary employees were laid off one after another.