Illustration: In the garden of a Japanese family home, an adult stands beside a mature persimmon tree and holds an old photograph out toward a parent. The photograph shows the same person as a small child beside the same tree when it was a thin sapling, recognizable by the garden wall and stone basin behind it.

JLPT N4expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

長ながい間あいだ

nagai aida

for a long time

Example sentences

彼かれは長ながいあいだ病気びょうきです。
He has been sick for a long time.
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彼かれは長ながい間あいだ待まっていた。
He was waiting for a long time.
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トムと僕ぼくは長ながい間あいだ友達ともだち。
Tom and I have been friends a long time.
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Kanji in 長間

長long; leaderOnチョウKunながい・おさ
間space; intervalOnカン・ケンKunあいだ・ま・あい

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