Illustration: At a neighborhood noodle shop, a diner has just snapped apart disposable wooden chopsticks, leaving one tip slightly uneven. Although the steaming bowl has only just arrived, the diner already scowls fiercely, shoulders rigid and a clenched fist striking the counter beside the harmless pair.

JLPT N3na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

短たん気き

tanki

short-tempered

Example sentences

彼かれの短気たんきは手てに負おえない。
He has an uncontrollable temper.
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彼かれは短気たんきだ。
He is quick of temper.
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彼かれは自分じぶんの短気たんきでいつか困こまったことになるだろう。
His quick temper will get him in trouble one day.
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Kanji in 短気

短short; brevityOnタンKunみじかい
気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き

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