[いきぎれ, ikigire] (n, vs) (1) shortness of breath; panting; puffing; (2) running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum; (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Shortness \Short"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being short; want of reach or
extension; brevity; deficiency; as, the shortness of a
journey; the shortness of the days in winter; the shortness
of an essay; the shortness of the memory; a shortness of
provisions; shortness of breath.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shortness
n 1: the property of being of short spatial extent; "the
shortness of the Channel crossing" [ant: {longness}]
2: the condition of being short of something; "there was no
shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath"
3: the property of being truncated or short [syn: {shortness},
{truncation}]
4: the property of being of short temporal extent; "the
shortness of air travel time" [ant: {longness}]
5: the property of being shorter than average stature [ant:
{tallness}]
6: an abrupt discourteous manner [syn: {abruptness},
{brusqueness}, {curtness}, {gruffness}, {shortness}]
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