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N3 Noun

長短(ちょうたん)length, long and short, advantages and disadvantages, pluses and minuses, strong and weak points, merits and demerits

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    1. Noun

      1. 1.

        (relative) length

      2. 2.

        advantages and disadvantages, pluses and minuses, strong and weak points, merits and demerits

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    長短 【ちょうたん】

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    • 全(すべ)ての人(ひと)が長短(ちょうたん)を併(あわ)せ持(も)っています。

      Everyone has both strengths and weaknesses.

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    • メジャーを使(つか)ってソファーの横(よこ)幅(はば)の長短(ちょうたん)を測(はか)る。

      Use a tape measure to measure how wide the sofa is. (How long or short its width is)

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    • ベッドの枠組(わくぐ)みを買(か)う前(まえ)にその長短(ちょうたん)が部屋(へや)に入(はい)るか確認(かくにん)しよう。

      Before buying a bed frame, make sure to check if its length fits in the room. (Its dimensions)

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    • そのくらいの長短(ちょうたん)だったら洗面(せんめん)所(じょ)にその洗濯(せんたく)機(き)を置(お)けるに違(ちが)いありません。

      If it has those dimensions, you can certainly place the washing machine in the bathroom.

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    • 喧嘩(けんか)中(ちゅう)に私(わたし)の夫(おっと)は私(わたし)に対(たい)して、私(わたし)には長短(ちょうたん)ではなく短所(たんしょ)しか無(な)いと言(い)い切(き)った。

      During an argument, my husband insisted that I only have weaknesses and no strengths.

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