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Conjugation of Japanese adjective 短い - short - mijikai

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    短い

    Reading

    みじかい
    mijikai

    Meaning

    is short

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    短くない

    Reading

    みじかくない
    mijikakunai

    Meaning

    is not short

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    短いです

    Reading

    みじかいです
    mijikaidesu

    Meaning

    is short

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    短くありません

    Reading

    みじかくありません
    mijikakuarimasen

    Meaning

    is not short

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    短かった

    Reading

    みじかかった
    mijikakatta

    Meaning

    was short

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    短くなかった

    Reading

    みじかくなかった
    mijikakunakatta

    Meaning

    was not short

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    短かったです

    Reading

    みじかかったです
    mijikakattadesu

    Meaning

    was short

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    短くありませんでした

    Reading

    みじかくありませんでした
    mijikakuarimasendeshita

    Meaning

    was not short

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    短くて

    Reading

    みじかくて
    mijikakute

    Meaning

    is short, and...

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    短くなくて

    Reading

    みじかくなくて
    mijikakunakute

    Meaning

    is not short, and...

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    短いだろう

    Reading

    みじかいだろう
    mijikaidarou

    Meaning

    will probably be short

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    短くないだろう

    Reading

    みじかくないだろう
    mijikakunaidarou

    Meaning

    probably won't be short

    Variant

    Polite

    Conjugation

    短いでしょう

    Reading

    みじかいでしょう
    mijikaideshou

    Meaning

    will probably be short

    Variant

    Polite Negative

    Conjugation

    短くないでしょう

    Reading

    みじかくないでしょう
    mijikakunaideshou

    Meaning

    probably won't be short

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    短く

    Reading

    みじかく
    mijikaku

    Meaning

    in a short way

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    短ければ

    Reading

    みじかければ
    mijikakereba

    Meaning

    if it is short

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    短くなければ

    Reading

    みじかくなければ
    mijikakunakereba

    Meaning

    if it is not short

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    短かったら

    Reading

    みじかかったら
    mijikakattara

    Meaning

    if it was short

    Variant

    Plain Negative

    Conjugation

    短くなかったら

    Reading

    みじかくなかったら
    mijikakunakattara

    Meaning

    if it was not short

    Variant

    Plain

    Conjugation

    短さ

    Reading

    みじかさ
    mijikasa

    Meaning

    short-ness (or the quality of being short)

Word Detail

    word

    短い

    Meaning

    Short

Kanji in this Adjective

  • kanji

    短

    Meaning

    Short

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