あの犬はしっぽが短い。

あの犬はしっぽが短い。

That dog has a short tail.

あの犬(いぬ)はしっぽが短(みじか)い。

Ano inu wa shippo ga mijikai.

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

犬 (いぬ)

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

尻尾 (しっぽ、しりお)

tail (animal)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

短い (みじかい)

short

Readings: ケン、いぬ、いぬ-

Meaning: dog

Readings: タン、みじか.い

Meanings: short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point