長根

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
長 根
なが
Grade: 2 		ね
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Etymology

Can be described as 長(なが) (naga, “long”) + 峰(ね) (ne, “ridge”) (rather than 根(ね) (ne, “root”)). Okinawan ながに (nagani, “(one's) back”) is an equivalent of this compound word.

Noun

長(なが)根(ね) • (nagane) 

  1. (dialectal, Tōhoku) continuation of peaks; ridge
  2. (dialectal, Sendai) long continuation of a bank, embankment
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