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短命
たんめい
na-adjective
Meanings
1
short life
2
short lived
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Mine a sentence — saw 短命 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
短
Short, Brevity, Fault
12 strokes
命
Fate, Command, Decree
8 strokes
More words with
短
短期
たんき ·
short term
N2
短大
たんだい ·
junior college
N1
短歌
たんか ·
31-syllable Japanese poem
N1
短縮
たんしゅく ·
shortening
N1
長短
ちょうたん ·
Full entry on Jisho
length
N2
短期間
たんきかん ·
short term
短時間
たんじかん ·
short time
短期大学
たんきだいがく ·
junior college
More words with
命
革命
かくめい ·
revolution
N1
命
いのち ·
life
N3
生命
せいめい ·
life
N3
命令
めいれい ·
order
N3
一生懸命
いっしょうけんめい ·
very hard (as in "to work hard")
N4
使命
しめい ·
mission
N1
亡命
ぼうめい ·
fleeing from one's country
運命
うんめい ·
fate
N1