"短い" meaning in Japanese

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Adjective

IPA: [mʲiʑika̠i]
Etymology: ⟨mi₁zikasi⟩ → /mizikasi/ → /mid͡ʑikaɕi/ → /mid͡ʑikaki/ → /mid͡ʑikai/ From Old Japanese. Cited in the Man'yōshū, dated to roughly 759 CE. Appears to be derived as a compound, but the constituent parts remain obscure. The stem form mijika is also found in compounds, and in the now-obsolete adjective forms 短やか (mijikayaka) and 短らか (mijikaraka), indicating that the ‑ka in mijika is not the adjectivizing suffix か (‑ka) (as in 静か shizuka), and is instead part of the root term. Etymology templates: {{IPAfont|⟨mi₁zikasi⟩}} ⟨mi₁zikasi⟩, {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=みじかい}} Old Japanese Head templates: {{ja-adj|みじかい|infl=i}} 短(みじか)い • (mijikai) -i (adverbial 短(みじか)く (mijikaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=みじか|lemma=短|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 短い [canonical] (ruby: (みじか)), mijikai [romanization], 短く [adverbial] (ruby: (みじか)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 短かろ [imperfective, stem], みじかかろ [imperfective, stem], mijikakaro [imperfective], 短く [continuative, stem], みじかく [continuative, stem], mijikaku [continuative], 短い [stem, terminative], みじかい [stem, terminative], mijikai [terminative], 短い [attributive, stem], みじかい [attributive, stem], mijikai [attributive], 短けれ [hypothetical, stem], みじかけれ [hypothetical, stem], mijikakere [hypothetical], 短かれ [imperative, stem], みじかかれ [imperative, stem], mijikakare [imperative], 短くない [informal, negative], みじかくない [informal, negative], mijikaku nai [informal, negative], 短かった [informal, past], みじかかった [informal, past], mijikakatta [informal, past], 短くなかった [informal, negative, past], みじかくなかった [informal, negative, past], mijikaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 短いです [formal], みじかいです [formal], mijikai desu [formal], 短くないです [formal, negative], みじかくないです [formal, negative], mijikaku nai desu [formal, negative], 短かったです [formal, past], みじかかったです [formal, past], mijikakatta desu [formal, past], 短くなかったです [formal, negative, past], みじかくなかったです [formal, negative, past], mijikaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 短くて [conjunctive], みじかくて [conjunctive], mijikakute [conjunctive], 短ければ [conditional], みじかければ [conditional], mijikakereba [conditional], 短かったら [conditional, past], みじかかったら [conditional, past], mijikakattara [conditional, past], 短かろう [volitional], みじかかろう [volitional], mijikakarō [volitional], 短く [adverbial], みじかく [adverbial], mijikaku [adverbial], 短さ [noun-from-adj], みじかさ [noun-from-adj], mijikasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. short, brief Synonyms: みひけ [Kagoshima]
    Sense id: en-短い-ja-adj-hJEdx6Uv Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13
  2. short, brief (in time)
    Sense id: en-短い-ja-adj-yU1Uh2oM Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13
  3. short (in space, from one point to another)
    Sense id: en-短い-ja-adj-rczmR5i-
  4. short, brief (in length, such as a text or speech)
    Sense id: en-短い-ja-adj-O8kJBnLV Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 3 6 1 35 7 1 13 13 19 3 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 5 11 2 25 13 2 11 11 14 5 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 7 2 32 12 1 12 12 18 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 4 7 1 31 11 1 12 11 17 4 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 5 5 2 32 4 2 14 13 18 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 5 7 2 29 11 2 11 11 16 5 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 7 1 32 11 1 12 12 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 10 1 35 2 1 13 12 19 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 2 0 42 2 1 14 14 21 2
  5. (archaic) short (in height) Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-短い-ja-adj-DDWNWHT8 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys
  6. common, not part of the aristocracy
    Sense id: en-短い-ja-adj-3JEkafIO
  7. short on intelligence or maturity: dimwitted, dull; shallow, superficial Synonyms: 鈍い (english: dim, dull), 浅薄 (english: shallow, superficial)
    Sense id: en-短い-ja-adj-IFeMKeev Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13
  8. short of attention: fickle, shallow-hearted, flighty Synonyms: 薄情 (english: shallow-hearted, fickle, unfeeling), 変わりやすい (english: fickle, changeable, unsettled)
    Sense id: en-短い-ja-adj-jQWezMm5 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13
  9. short-tempered, impatient, impetuous Synonyms: せっかち (english: hasty, impetuous), 短気 (english: quick-tempered, impatient)
    Sense id: en-短い-ja-adj-ESV79vS6 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 気が短い (ki ga mijikai) (ruby: (), (みじか)) (english: quick-tempered, impatient), 気の短い (ki no mijikai) (ruby: (), (みじか)) (english: quick-tempered, impatient), 手短 (te mijika) (ruby: 手短(てみじか)) (english: brief, concise)
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: [mʲit͡ɕika̠i] Forms: 短い [canonical] (ruby: (みちか)), michikai [romanization], 短く [adverbial] (ruby: (みちか))
Etymology: Shift from standard Japanese mijikai. Head templates: {{ja-adj|みちかい|infl=i}} 短(みちか)い • (michikai) -i (adverbial 短(みちか)く (michikaku))
  1. (Ibaraki dialect) short, brief
    Sense id: en-短い-ja-adj-hJEdx6Uv1 Categories (other): Ibaraki Japanese, Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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      "english": "long",
      "roman": "nagai",
      "ruby": [
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      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “short”",
      "word": "長い"
    }
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  "derived": [
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
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      "args": {
        "1": "⟨mi₁zikasi⟩"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ojp",
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    {
      "form": "短い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "短",
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      "form": "mijikai",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "短く",
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      "ruby": [
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みじかい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "短(みじか)い • (mijikai) -i (adverbial 短(みじか)く (mijikaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "みじか",
        "lemma": "短",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short, brief"
      ],
      "id": "en-短い-ja-adj-hJEdx6Uv",
      "links": [
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          "short",
          "short"
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        [
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          "brief"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Kagoshima"
          ],
          "word": "みひけ"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short, brief (in time)"
      ],
      "id": "en-短い-ja-adj-yU1Uh2oM",
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          "short"
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        [
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          "brief"
        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "short (in space, from one point to another)"
      ],
      "id": "en-短い-ja-adj-rczmR5i-",
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "3 6 1 35 7 1 13 13 19 3",
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 11 2 25 13 2 11 11 14 5",
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            "Links with manual fragments",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 7 2 32 12 1 12 12 18",
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 7 1 31 11 1 12 11 17 4",
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 7 1 32 11 1 12 12 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 10 1 35 2 1 13 12 19 3",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 0 42 2 1 14 14 21 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short, brief (in length, such as a text or speech)"
      ],
      "id": "en-短い-ja-adj-O8kJBnLV",
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "brief",
          "brief"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Mostly superseded in modern usage by 低い (hikui, “short”, in height)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short (in height)"
      ],
      "id": "en-短い-ja-adj-DDWNWHT8",
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) short (in height)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "common, not part of the aristocracy"
      ],
      "id": "en-短い-ja-adj-3JEkafIO",
      "links": [
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "aristocracy",
          "aristocracy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short on intelligence or maturity: dimwitted, dull; shallow, superficial"
      ],
      "id": "en-短い-ja-adj-IFeMKeev",
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "intelligence",
          "intelligence"
        ],
        [
          "maturity",
          "maturity"
        ],
        [
          "dimwitted",
          "dimwitted"
        ],
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "shallow",
          "shallow"
        ],
        [
          "superficial",
          "superficial"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "dim, dull",
          "word": "鈍い"
        },
        {
          "english": "shallow, superficial",
          "word": "浅薄"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short of attention: fickle, shallow-hearted, flighty"
      ],
      "id": "en-短い-ja-adj-jQWezMm5",
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ],
        [
          "fickle",
          "fickle"
        ],
        [
          "shallow-hearted",
          "shallow-hearted"
        ],
        [
          "flighty",
          "flighty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "shallow-hearted, fickle, unfeeling",
          "word": "薄情"
        },
        {
          "english": "fickle, changeable, unsettled",
          "word": "変わりやすい"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short-tempered, impatient, impetuous"
      ],
      "id": "en-短い-ja-adj-ESV79vS6",
      "links": [
        [
          "short-tempered",
          "short-tempered"
        ],
        [
          "impatient",
          "impatient"
        ],
        [
          "impetuous",
          "impetuous"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "hasty, impetuous",
          "word": "せっかち"
        },
        {
          "english": "quick-tempered, impatient",
          "word": "短気"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "みじかい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mʲiʑika̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū"
  ],
  "word": "短い"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Shift from standard Japanese mijikai.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "短い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "短",
          "みちか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "michikai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短く",
      "roman": "michikaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "短",
          "みちか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みちかい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "短(みちか)い • (michikai) -i (adverbial 短(みちか)く (michikaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ibaraki Japanese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 11 0 17 2 2 12 14 17 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short, brief"
      ],
      "id": "en-短い-ja-adj-hJEdx6Uv1",
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "brief",
          "brief"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Ibaraki dialect",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ibaraki dialect) short, brief"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mʲit͡ɕika̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "短い"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "long",
      "roman": "nagai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "長",
          "なが"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “short”",
      "word": "長い"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "Japanese adjectives",
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with manual fragments",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "quick-tempered, impatient",
      "roman": "ki ga mijikai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "気",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "短",
          "みじか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "気が短い"
    },
    {
      "english": "quick-tempered, impatient",
      "roman": "ki no mijikai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "気",
          "き"
        ],
        [
          "短",
          "みじか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "気の短い"
    },
    {
      "english": "brief, concise",
      "roman": "te mijika",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "手短",
          "てみじか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "手短"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "⟨mi₁zikasi⟩"
      },
      "expansion": "⟨mi₁zikasi⟩",
      "name": "IPAfont"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "みじかい"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "⟨mi₁zikasi⟩ → /mizikasi/ → /mid͡ʑikaɕi/ → /mid͡ʑikaki/ → /mid͡ʑikai/\nFrom Old Japanese. Cited in the Man'yōshū, dated to roughly 759 CE.\nAppears to be derived as a compound, but the constituent parts remain obscure. The stem form mijika is also found in compounds, and in the now-obsolete adjective forms 短やか (mijikayaka) and 短らか (mijikaraka), indicating that the ‑ka in mijika is not the adjectivizing suffix か (‑ka) (as in 静か shizuka), and is instead part of the root term.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "短い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "短",
          "みじか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短く",
      "roman": "mijikaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "短",
          "みじか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-i",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短い",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "短さ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "みじかさ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mijikasa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みじかい",
        "infl": "i"
      },
      "expansion": "短(みじか)い • (mijikai) -i (adverbial 短(みじか)く (mijikaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "adverbial": "く",
        "attributive": "い",
        "conditional": "ければ",
        "conjunctive": "くて",
        "continuative": "く",
        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "みじか",
        "lemma": "短",
        "provisional": "かったら",
        "terminal": "い",
        "volitional": "かろう"
      },
      "name": "ja-adj-infl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "short, brief"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "brief",
          "brief"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Kagoshima"
          ],
          "word": "みひけ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "short, brief (in time)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "brief",
          "brief"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "short (in space, from one point to another)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "short, brief (in length, such as a text or speech)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "brief",
          "brief"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Mostly superseded in modern usage by 低い (hikui, “short”, in height)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short (in height)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) short (in height)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "common, not part of the aristocracy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "common",
          "common"
        ],
        [
          "aristocracy",
          "aristocracy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "short on intelligence or maturity: dimwitted, dull; shallow, superficial"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "intelligence",
          "intelligence"
        ],
        [
          "maturity",
          "maturity"
        ],
        [
          "dimwitted",
          "dimwitted"
        ],
        [
          "dull",
          "dull"
        ],
        [
          "shallow",
          "shallow"
        ],
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          "superficial",
          "superficial"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "dim, dull",
          "word": "鈍い"
        },
        {
          "english": "shallow, superficial",
          "word": "浅薄"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "short of attention: fickle, shallow-hearted, flighty"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "short",
          "short"
        ],
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ],
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          "fickle",
          "fickle"
        ],
        [
          "shallow-hearted",
          "shallow-hearted"
        ],
        [
          "flighty",
          "flighty"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "shallow-hearted, fickle, unfeeling",
          "word": "薄情"
        },
        {
          "english": "fickle, changeable, unsettled",
          "word": "変わりやすい"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "short-tempered, impatient, impetuous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "short-tempered",
          "short-tempered"
        ],
        [
          "impatient",
          "impatient"
        ],
        [
          "impetuous",
          "impetuous"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "hasty, impetuous",
          "word": "せっかち"
        },
        {
          "english": "quick-tempered, impatient",
          "word": "短気"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "みじかい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mʲiʑika̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Man'yōshū"
  ],
  "word": "短い"
}

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    "Japanese terms with 1 kanji",
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    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
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    "Japanese い-i adjectives",
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    "Pages with entries"
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  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_text": "Shift from standard Japanese mijikai.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "短い",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "短",
          "みちか"
        ]
      ],
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        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "michikai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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    },
    {
      "form": "短く",
      "roman": "michikaku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "短",
          "みちか"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "みちかい",
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      },
      "expansion": "短(みちか)い • (michikai) -i (adverbial 短(みちか)く (michikaku))",
      "name": "ja-adj"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "short, brief"
      ],
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        [
          "short",
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        [
          "brief",
          "brief"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Ibaraki dialect) short, brief"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[mʲit͡ɕika̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "短い"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 短い meaning in Japanese (11.2kB)

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "短い",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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