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4 Replies ・ Started by TacticalWaffles at 2021-06-25 19:33:37 UTC ・ Last reply by THICKSANDWICH at 2021-06-29 01:53:47 UTC
This is a discussion about 短い

How can this be used?

Just wondering. Can this be used in reference to a person to say that they are short (Not tall)

For Example: 僕は短いです (I'm short.)

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DoubleZeta at 2021-06-25 21:30:50 UTC

I think you can use 短躯 for that.

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Leebo at 2021-06-25 22:17:42 UTC

短い means short in length. 低い means short in height.

If you want to say a person is short, you'd typically say [person]は背が低いです

背が高い and 背が低い are very common expressions for talking about the height of people.

@DoubleZeta this is technically an accurate word for a person who is short, I could only find 4 examples of its use in the balanced corpus of contemporary written Japanese. That's an indication that it's extremely rare.

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DoubleZeta at 2021-06-27 04:38:41 UTC

@Leebo I went looking for it on the JP Wikipedia article for Pepin the Short (ピピン短躯王), since I figured it was most likely used for nicknames and titles rather than being a common adjective for describing people.

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THICKSANDWICH at 2021-06-29 01:53:47 UTC

Expanding on what @Leebo said, "短い means short in length. 低い means short in height."

Examples for 短い include:

彼女の髪の毛は短いです。(Her hair is short)
and
短い期間 (a short period of time)

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