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短気 (たんき): quick temper — Japanese vocabulary

短気 is read たんき and means "quick temper". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

短気

Reading
たんき · tanki
Translation
quick temper
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
たんきが

Example

彼は彼の父親ほど短気ではない。

かれはかれのちちおやほどたんきではない。

He is less impatient than his father.

Kanji in this word

  • 短 — short
  • 気 — spirit, mood

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