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みじか
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A prefix/suffix morpheme meaning short or brief (indicating limited length, time, or degree). It appears by itself in lexical or historical descriptions; in modern usage the adjective 短い is more common.

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漢字の「短」は接頭語として、短時間や短所の『短』の意味で使われる。

The character '短' is used as a prefix meaning 'short' as in 短時間 (short time) or 短所 (shortcoming).

古い歌や文章では『みじか』という形で『短』が使われることがある。

In older poems and writings, the form 'みじか' (short) sometimes appears for '短'.

現代日本語では説明文で『短(みじか)』のように漢字と読みを併記することがある。

In modern Japanese, explanatory texts sometimes list the character and reading together like '短 (みじか)'.

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