ながい
Meanings
Adjective (い)
1. long (distance, length)
Girls with long hair have it tough every day.
2. long (time); protracted; prolonged
I could not stay here for long.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
for a long time
long time; long interval; for quite some time
long time; long interval; for quite some time
long and narrow
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
couch; bench; ottoman; settee
patient; having a long fuse
long-term view
lasting (e.g. work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded; verbose; wordy
lasting (e.g. work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded; verbose; wordy
lasting (e.g. work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded; verbose; wordy
lasting (e.g. work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded; verbose; wordy
if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them
having a long body; long-bodied
long-bodied
soft on women; weak for women; easily charmed (by women)
Long Day's Journey into Night (play by Eugene O'Neill)
a watched pot never boils
being a guest for too long (e.g. of a neighbor)
Night of the Long Knives (1934 SA purge in Germany); Röhm Purge
Nights of the Long Knives (1975 novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst)
Examples (200 in total)
It won't last long.
It won't take so long.
It won't take that long.