Illustration: In a Japanese clothing shop's fitting area, a man tries on trousers that fit comfortably at the waist and thighs but end a little above his ankles. Beside him, an assistant holds the same style of trousers against his leg with their hems reaching the usual point near the tops of his shoes.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

短みじかめ

mijikame

rather short

Example sentences

  1. 特別扱とくべつあつかいしますが、なるべく短みじかめにしてくださいね。

    I’ll make this a special case, but try to keep it short.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 時間じかんが来きたので私わたしたちは発表はっぴょうを短みじかめにしなければなりませんでした。

    We ran out of time, so we had to cut our presentation short.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. しかし生なまタイプ麺めんを使用しようしたものは調理時間ちょうりじかんがやや短みじかめの傾向けいこうである。

    However, those with fresh noodles tend to have a little shorter time for cooking.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 短

  • 短short; brevityOnタンKunみじかい

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