たん
Meanings
Noun
1. 短い期間。
Kanji used
short
period (of time)
Pitch accent
んき
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Composed of
① 劣る部分。乏しい要素。② 花札の札で、文字の書かれない赤色の短冊があしらわれたもの。
① 時期。期間。② 機会。
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
short term; short time
decisive battle of brief duration
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
short, intensive course; crash course
short-term rate of interest
short-term plan; short-run project
short-term loans payable; short-term debt; short-term borrowing
short-range forecast (usu. weather); daily forecast
Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
short-term loan
Examples (2 in total)
The short term contract employees were dismissed without notice.
As the recession set in, temporary employees were laid off one after another.