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    3. 短命

    短命

    短たん命めい

    short life

    KMT8News #18+1Noun, Adjective, ParticleMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab20 strokes

    たんめい

    Noun, Adjective, Particle

    1.
    short life, short lived

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    その製せい品ひんは短たん命めいに終おわった。

    That product was short-lived.

    KMT7Business & Finance
    流りゅう行こうは短たん命めいに終おわることが多おおい。

    Trends often end up being short-lived.

    KMT8Daily LifeFashion & Beauty
    特とく定ていの病びょう気きは、患かん者じゃの寿じゅ命みょうを短たん命めいにする可か能のう性せいがある。

    Certain diseases can shorten a patient's lifespan.

    KMT8Medicine & Health
    カゲロウは非ひ常じょうに短たん命めいな昆こん虫ちゅうとして知しられている。

    Mayflies are known as very short-lived insects.

    KMT8AnimalsNature & Environment
    彼かれの短たん命めいな生しょう涯がいは、多おおくの人ひと々びとに深ふかい感かん動どうを与あたえた。

    His short life deeply moved many people.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    短
    みじか.い…(1)
    short・brevity・fault・defect・weak point
    命
    いのち…(2)
    fate・command・decree・destiny・life…(1)
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