Illustration: In a Japanese home's tatami room, a grandmother holds up one end of a newly knitted scarf while her grandchild wears the other end loosely around their neck.

JLPT N5i-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

長ながい

nagai

long

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれに長ながい手紙てがみを書かいた。

    I wrote a long letter to him.

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  2. 彼かれは足あしが長ながい。

    He has long legs.

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  3. これは日本にっぽんで２番目ばんめに長ながい川かわだ。

    This is the second longest river in Japan.

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Kanji in 長

  • 長long; leaderOnチョウKunながい・おさ

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