短い【みじかい】
short, brief
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
短期大学【たんきだいがく】
junior college, vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
短所【たんしょ】
defect, demerit, weak point, disadvantage
短め【みじかめ】
shortish, rather short, somewhat short
短気【たんき】
short temper, quick temper, hot temper, impatience, irritability
短冊【たんざく】
tanzaku, long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically), thin rectangle
短波【たんぱ】
short wave
長短【ちょうたん】
(relative) length, advantages and disadvantages, pluses and minuses, strong and weak points, merits and demerits
短期間【たんきかん】
short term, short time
短時間【たんじかん】
short time
短距離【たんきょり】
short distance, short range, short-haul
短編【たんぺん】
short (e.g. story, film)
短銃【たんじゅう】
pistol, revolver
最短【さいたん】
shortest
短命【たんめい】
short life, short lived
短刀【たんとう】
short sword, knife, dagger, dirk, tantō