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    3. 一長一短

    一長一短

    一いっ長ちょう一いっ短たん

    (something having its) merits and demerits

    KMT10News #37+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    いっちょういったん

    Noun

    1.
    (something having its) merits and demerits, advantages and disadvantages, good points and shortcomings
    yojijukugo

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    どんなものにも一いっ長ちょう一いっ短たんがある。

    Everything has its pros and cons.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    この計けい画かくには一いっ長ちょう一いっ短たんがあるので、慎しん重ちょうに検けん討とうする必ひつ要ようがある。

    This plan has its pros and cons, so it needs to be carefully considered.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance
    彼かれの提てい案あんは、コスト面めんでは優すぐれているが、実じつ現げん可か能のう性せいには一いっ長ちょう一いっ短たんがある。

    His proposal is excellent in terms of cost, but its feasibility has both advantages and disadvantages.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & Finance
    人にん間げん関かん係けいにおいても、相あい手ての長ちょう所しょと短たん所しょ、つまり一いっ長ちょう一いっ短たんを理り解かいすることが大たい切せつだ。

    In human relationships too, it's important to understand the other person's strengths and weaknesses, in other words, their pros and cons.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyDaily LifeFamily & Relationships
    最さい新しんのテクノロジーには、利り便べん性せいという長ちょう所しょと、プライバシー侵しん害がいという短たん所しょ、つまり一いっ長ちょう一いっ短たんがある。

    The latest technology has the advantage of convenience and the disadvantage of privacy infringement, in other words, its pros and cons.

    KMT10TechnologyEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    長
    なが.い・おさ…(8)
    long・leader・superior・senior
    短
    みじか.い…(1)
    short・brevity・fault・defect・weak point
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