Illustration: In a Japanese apartment late at night, a visitor remains comfortably seated at the low table, leaning forward enthusiastically into another story. Their empty teacup sits beside a cleared snack plate and a pot with only a few drops remaining.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

長なが居い

nagai

to stay a long time, to overstay

Example sentences

  1. 長居ながいし過すぎてしまった。

    I’ve been here too long.

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  2. ごめんね、長居ながいしちゃって。そろそろ帰かえるね。

    Sorry, I have overstayed. I’ll be going now.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 彼女かのじょは彼かれのもとを度々訪たびたびたずねるが、長居ながいすることはない。

    She visits him quite often, but never stays very long.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 長居

  • 長long; leaderOnチョウKunながい・おさ
  • 居reside; existOnキョ・コKunいる・おる

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