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Meaning of 帯に短し襷に長し in Japanese
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帯に短し襷に長し
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Kana Readingおびにみじかしたすきにながし
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Romajiobinimijikashitasukininagashi
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- neither one thing nor the other (lit: too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie)
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Kanji in this word
短
JLPT 4
12 strokes
short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
On'Yomi: タン
Kun'Yomi: みじか.い