長ながい
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.
Kanji used
long
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
long and narrow
for a long time
long time; long interval; for quite some time
for a long time
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
patient; having a long fuse
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
long-term view
couch; bench; ottoman; settee
lasting (e.g. work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded; verbose; wordy
lasting (e.g. work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded; verbose; wordy
having a long body; long-bodied
to look at the long term
soft on women; weak for women; easily charmed (by women)
Long Day's Journey into Night (play by Eugene O'Neill)
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
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
a watched pot never boils
Night of the Long Knives (1934 SA purge in Germany); Röhm Purge
Nights of the Long Knives (1975 novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst)
being a guest for too long (e.g. of a neighbor)
Examples (200 in total)
It won't last long.
It won't take so long.
It won't take that long.