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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

短たん編ぺん

N2
たんぺん tanpen
  1. short (e.g. story, film)
noun

Chinese meanings

短篇

Examples

  • トムは短編を読んでいる。
    Tom is reading a short story.
    汤姆在读短篇作品。
  • カフカは長篇より短篇の方が好きです。
    I prefer Kafka's shorter works more than his longer ones.
    比起长篇,我更喜欢卡夫卡的短篇。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e8814a0b5c'); // 短編
{
  "id": "e8814a0b5c",
  "word": "短編",
  "reading": "たんぺん",
  "romaji": "tanpen",
  "meanings": [
    "short (e.g. story, film)"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1597300,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "トムは短編を読んでいる。",
      "en": "Tom is reading a short story.",
      "tatoeba_id": 2312944
    },
    {
      "ja": "カフカは長篇より短篇の方が好きです。",
      "en": "I prefer Kafka's shorter works more than his longer ones.",
      "tatoeba_id": 3569866
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "10ca5db8a3e24766354ae6740bd689f0d2c3c28a09e2f6e1d4951b9db63a4beb",
    "meanings": [
      "短篇"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "トムは短編を読んでいる。",
        "zh": "汤姆在读短篇作品。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "カフカは長篇より短篇の方が好きです。",
        "zh": "比起长篇,我更喜欢卡夫卡的短篇。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/e8814a0b5c",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1597300; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "534ac99ea96c8636386d0fff4298467b6ed6d36864c21b0810cf2f77fa3760e3"
  }
}