短期【たんき】
short-term
短大【たんだい】
junior college, vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
短縮【たんしゅく】
shortening, contraction, reduction, curtailment, abbreviation
短歌【たんか】
tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
長短【ちょうたん】
(relative) length, advantages and disadvantages, pluses and minuses, strong and weak points, merits and demerits
短編【たんぺん】
short (e.g. story, film)
短距離【たんきょり】
short distance, short range, short-haul
短銃【たんじゅう】
pistol, revolver
短命【たんめい】
short life, short lived
短期大学【たんきだいがく】
junior college, vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
短い【みじかい】
short, brief
短冊【たんざく】
tanzaku, long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically), thin rectangle
短所【たんしょ】
defect, demerit, weak point, disadvantage
短波【たんぱ】
short wave
短刀【たんとう】
short sword, knife, dagger, dirk, tantō
短気【たんき】
short temper, quick temper, hot temper, impatience, irritability