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    最短

    最さい短たん

    shortest

    KMT7News #17+1Noun, ParticleCore ConceptsKanji Vocab24 strokes

    さいたん

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    shortest

    Stroke 0 / 24

    Speed1.0x

    これが最さい短たんルートです。

    This is the shortest route.

    KMT4Core ConceptsTravel & Transportation
    この仕し事ごとを最さい短たんで終おわらせる方ほう法ほうを見みつけたい。

    I want to find the shortest way to finish this task.

    KMT7Core ConceptsWork & Career
    カーナビは目もく的てき地ちまでの最さい短たん経けい路ろを計けい算さんします。

    The navigation system calculates the shortest path to the destination.

    KMT7Travel & TransportationTechnology
    彼かれは最さい短たん期き間かんで学がく位いを取しゅ得とくしました。

    He completed his degree in the shortest possible time.

    KMT7EducationCore Concepts
    目もく標ひょうを最さい短たん時じ間かんで達たっ成せいするためには、プロセスの最さい適てき化かが必ひつ要ようです。

    To achieve the goal in the shortest possible time, we need to optimize the process.

    KMT8Core ConceptsBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    最
    もっと.も・つま…(3)
    utmost・most・extreme
    短
    みじか.い…(1)
    short・brevity・fault・defect・weak point
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