長い

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
なが
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *nanka.

Possibly cognate with 流れる (nagareru, to flow, intransitive), and 流す (nagasu, to flow, transitive), in reference to extending.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「長い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 長く がく

Terminal (終止形) 長い
Attributive (連体形) 長い
Key constructions
Informal negative 長くない がくない
くない

Informal past 長かった がかった
かった

Informal negative past 長くなかった がくなかった
くなかった

Formal 長いです いです
Conjunctive 長くて がくて
くて

Conditional 長ければ がければ
ければ

Adjective

(なが) (nagai-i (adverbial (なが) (nagaku))

  1. 長い: long
    Antonym: 短い (mijikai)
    (なが)ファイル(めい)nagai fairumeia long filename
    (なが)(いと)nagai itoa long string
  2. 長い, 永い: (time) long, lengthy
    (なが)(あいだ)nagai aidaa long interval
    トイレ(なが)よ。Toire nagai yo.You're taking forever on the toilet.
    もう(なが)くないnagakunaion one's death bed

Inflection

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See also

References

  1. ^ 長・永”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN