How to say short in Japanese

JLPTN5
短い☆【みじかいmijikai】短かいirr. Inflection

adjective:

  • short

Example Sentences

ウサギUSAGIにniはha長いnagai耳mimiとto短いmijikai尾oがgaあるaru。
Rabbits have long ears and short tails.
私watashiはha気が短いkigamijikaiしshi、口kuchiもmo軽いkarui男otokoだda。
I'm short-tempered, and a loose-tongued man.
基本的にkihontekini俺oreはha短詩tanshiがga好きsukiだda。短詩tanshiのno中nakaでdeはha、このkono詩shiがgaトップTOPPUだったdatta。
Basically I like short poems. Among them this poem was my favourite.
ワタシWATASHIはha背が低いsegahikuiのでnode棚tanaのno上ueまでmade見られないmirarenaiのでnodeほぼhobo手探りtesaguriでde拭くfukuわけwakeですdesu。
I'm short, so I can't see on top of the shelves and so I pretty much dust by touch.
リレーRIREE用youのnoバトンBATONがga１本足りないtarinaiんですndesu。
We're one baton short for the relay.

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