胴長短足

どうながたんそく

having a long torso and short legs, long-bodied and short-legged

採長補短

さいちょうほたん

compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points

一長一短

いっちょういったん

(something having its) merits and demerits, advantages and disadvantages, good points and shortcomings

長所は短所

ちょうしょはたんしょ

One's strength is his weakness

長崎女子短大

ながさきじょしたんだい

Nagasaki Women's Junior College

短

たん みじか

short, brief

帯に短し襷に長し

おびにみじかしたすきにながし

neither one thing nor the other, too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie

短縮

たんしゅく

shortening, abbreviation, reduction

短軸

たんじく

minor axis

短波

たんぱ

short wave

短い

みじかい

short

短歌

たんか みじかうた

tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem

短大

たんだい

junior college, vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution

短編

たんぺん

short (e.g. story, film)

短気

たんき

quick temper, short temper

短所

たんしょ

defect, demerit, weak point, disadvantage

短期

たんき

short term

短筒

たんづつ たんとう

pistol, revolver

短絡

たんらく

electric short-circuit