In Japanese, "short" is 短い (Mijikai). It is a adjective pronounced "mee-jee-kah-ee".
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短い is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as Mijikai, it sounds roughly like "mee-jee-kah-ee" to an English ear.
この鉛筆はとても短いです。
Kono enpitsu wa totemo mijikai desu.
This pencil is very short.
Mijikai (短い) is an i-adjective meaning short in length or duration. For describing a person's height as short, use se ga hikui (背が低い) rather than mijikai, which refers to length.
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Buy on Steam短い is romanised as Mijikai. Say it roughly like "mee-jee-kah-ee" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
短い is an i-adjective. The form shown is the plain form, which works in casual speech. To make it polite, add desu at the end of the sentence. The word itself does not change.
短い is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
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