長い
ながい
Meanings
- long (distance, length)
- long (time); protracted; prolonged
Part of speech: i-adjective
Kanji
- 長
- Meanings
- long, leader, superior, senior
- On reading
- チョウ
- Kun reading
- なが.い、おさ
- Strokes
- 8
Example sentences
彼に長い手紙を書いた。
I wrote a long letter to him.
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これは日本で２番目に長い川だ。
This is the second longest river in Japan.
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株式市場は長い不振を続けている。
The stock market is in a prolonged slump.
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Source: JMdict #1429750 · Credits