JLPT N1 · な-adjective

短気 (tanki)

短気 (たんき, tanki) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “short temper; quick temper”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: たんき
Romaji: tanki
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability · noun, な-adjective

Example sentences

彼の短気は手に負えない。

He has an uncontrollable temper.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 短気

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	短気だ	たんきだ tankida
Present (polite)	短気です	たんきです tankidesu
Negative	短気じゃない	たんきじゃない tankijanai
Past	短気だった	たんきだった tankidatta
Negative past	短気じゃなかった	たんきじゃなかった tankijanakatta
Te-form	短気で	たんきで tankide
Before a noun	短気な	たんきな tankina
Adverb (~ni)	短気に	たんきに tankini

Kanji in 短気

短

short, brevity, faultタン・みじか.い · 12 strokes

気

spirit, mind, airキ・ケ・いき・き · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 短気.

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Source: JMdict entry 1418670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.