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Short:（手短か）brief:（不愛想に短い）curt

用例

• 竿が三尺短い
  The pole is three feet too short―too short by three feet.

• 冬は日が短い
  The days are short in winter.
• 秋は日が短くなる
  The days grow shorter―The night gains upon the day―in autumn.
• 長い月日に短い命
  Time is long, and life is short.
• 太く短く
  “A short life and a merry one”【イディオム・格言的】
• 江戸っ子は気が短い
  The Edokko is short-tempered―quick-tempered.
• この商売をする者は寿命が短い
  Those who engage in their business are short-lived.

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用例

• 髪を短く刈る
  to cut one's hair close―crop one's hair close

• 日本人は髪を短く刈っている
  The Japanese wear their hair close-cropped.
• 彼は老い先の短い身だ
  He has not long to live
  He is not long for this world.
• 帯に短し襷｛たすき｝に長し
  I can find no suitable one
  None of them suit me.
• 長い短いを言わずに金をだせ
  Down with your money without any more palaver!