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気短

きみじか

short-tempered, impatient

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Examples

  1. 気短な人は待つのが苦手だ。

    きみじかなひとはまつのがにがてだ。

    Short-tempered people are bad at waiting.

  2. 父は気短で、すぐに怒り出す。

    ちちはきみじかで、すぐにおこりだす。

    My father is impatient and flares up at once.

  3. 気短を起こさずに、話を最後まで聞いてください。

    きみじかをおこさずに、はなしをさいごまできいてください。

    Don't lose your patience — please hear me out to the end.

Common patterns

気短な性格
an impatient nature
気短を起こす
to lose patience
気が短い
to have a short fuse (everyday phrasing)

Memory tip

The 気 is short, so patience runs out fast. In conversation people far more often say 気が短い or 短気 than the adjective 気短な. Pair it in your memory with its opposite 気長.

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