短期

• 読み: たんき
• ローマ字: tanki
• 漢字の分解: 短 (tan) — short; 期 (ki) — period, term, time
• 発音: /taɴ.ki/

意味

Short-term; short period. Describes something lasting or planned for a brief duration.

A noun functioning as a no-adjective to modify other nouns, describing a brief time span. Widely used in business, education, and finance: 短期留学 (short-term study abroad), 短期契約 (short-term contract), 短期間 (short period). The opposite is 長期 (chōki, long-term). Often appears in compound expressions and is a staple of formal and semi-formal writing.

例文

1. 短期留学でオーストラリアに三か月滞在した。
2. この仕事は短期の契約だから更新が必要だ。
3. 短期間でこれだけの成果を出すのはすごい。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, education, finance, contracts

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese: 短 (tan, short) + 期 (ki, period/term). A straightforward compound combining 'short' with 'time period,' widely used in both Japanese and Chinese.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal