Illustration: On a narrow residential lane, a man emerges from his home's gate wearing a large hiking backpack and carrying a walking pole. His destination is the small neighborhood produce shop immediately across the lane, only a few ordinary steps away.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

短たん距きょ離り

tankyori

short distance, short range

Example sentences

  1. 当日午後とうじつごごいよいよ短距離たんきょり予選よせんに出場しゅつじょうしたが、最初さいしょの100m予選よせんでいきなりトップに1秒以上びょういじょうの差さをつけられ敗退はいたい。

    Mishima took part in a preliminary short-distance run in that afternoon, but he was soon eliminated in the initial 100-meter preliminary race by more than a second behind the winner.

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

  2. これは、初乗はつのり運賃うんちんを安やすくする代かわりに初乗はつのり運賃うんちんが適用てきようされる距離きょりを短みじかくするというもので、一定距離いっていきょりを走行そうこうすると通常つうじょうの運賃うんちんと同額どうがくになるが、初乗はつのり運賃うんちんの高たかさから敬遠けいえんされがちな短距離たんきょり利用りようの促進そくしんを狙ねらっている。

    The idea is to lower the initial fare while shortening the distance it covers. The fare then reaches the standard rate after a certain distance, but the aim is to encourage short trips, which people tend to avoid because of the high initial fare.

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

  3. この車くるまは短距離たんきょりの配達はいたつに使つかっている。

    We use this car for short-distance deliveries.

    Written by AI for Bebop

Kanji in 短距離

  • 短short; brevityOnタンKunみじかい
  • 距long-distance; spurOnキョKunへだたる・けづめ
  • 離detach; separationOnリKunはなれる・はなす

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