| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 短い | みじかい | short |
| 短大 | たんだい | junior college |
| 短期 | たんき | short term |
| 短所 | たんしょ | (1) defect, demerit, weak point, (2) disadvantage |
| 短編 | たんぺん | short (e.g. story, film) |
| 長短 | ちょうたん | length, long and short, +- |
| 短時間 | たんじかん | a short time |
| 短冊 | たんじゃく, たんざく | long, narrow card on which Japanese poems are written (vertically) |
| 短期間 | たんきかん | short term, short time |
| 短歌 | たんか | tanka, 31-syllable Japanese poem |
| 短絡 | たんらく | electric short-circuit; jumping to a quick conclusion |
| 短縮 | たんしゅく | shortening, abbreviation, reduction |
| 短距離 | たんきょり | short distance, short range, short-haul |
| 短銃 | たんじゅう | pistol, revolver |
| 短くて | みじかくて | short |