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JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

長なが続つづき

nagatsuzuki

to last a long time

Example sentences

  1. ハリウッドスターの結婚けっこんは、大抵たいてい長続ながつづきしない。

    Hollywood marriages rarely last.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しかし秘密ひみつは長続ながつづきしなかった。

    However, the secret did not last long.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. しかし長続ながつづきはしなかった。

    But it did not exist for very long time.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 長続

  • 長long; leaderOnチョウKunながい・おさ
  • 続continue; seriesOnゾク・ショク・コウKunつづく・つづける・つぐない

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