"長い" meaning in Japanese

See 長い in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [na̠ɡa̠i]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. 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. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-|sort=ながい}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE, {{inh|ja|jpx-pro|*nanka}} Proto-Japonic *nanka Head templates: {{ja-adj|ながい|infl=i}} 長(なが)い • (nagai) -i (adverbial 長(なが)く (nagaku)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=なが|lemma=長|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} Forms: 長い [canonical] (ruby: (なが)), nagai [romanization], 長く [adverbial] (ruby: (なが)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 長かろ [imperfective, stem], ながかろ [imperfective, stem], nagakaro [imperfective], 長く [continuative, stem], ながく [continuative, stem], nagaku [continuative], 長い [stem, terminative], ながい [stem, terminative], nagai [terminative], 長い [attributive, stem], ながい [attributive, stem], nagai [attributive], 長けれ [hypothetical, stem], ながけれ [hypothetical, stem], nagakere [hypothetical], 長かれ [imperative, stem], ながかれ [imperative, stem], nagakare [imperative], 長くない [informal, negative], ながくない [informal, negative], nagaku nai [informal, negative], 長かった [informal, past], ながかった [informal, past], nagakatta [informal, past], 長くなかった [informal, negative, past], ながくなかった [informal, negative, past], nagaku nakatta [informal, negative, past], 長いです [formal], ながいです [formal], nagai desu [formal], 長くないです [formal, negative], ながくないです [formal, negative], nagaku nai desu [formal, negative], 長かったです [formal, past], ながかったです [formal, past], nagakatta desu [formal, past], 長くなかったです [formal, negative, past], ながくなかったです [formal, negative, past], nagaku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], 長くて [conjunctive], ながくて [conjunctive], nagakute [conjunctive], 長ければ [conditional], ながければ [conditional], nagakereba [conditional], 長かったら [conditional, past], ながかったら [conditional, past], nagakattara [conditional, past], 長かろう [volitional], ながかろう [volitional], nagakarō [volitional], 長く [adverbial], ながく [adverbial], nagaku [adverbial], 長さ [noun-from-adj], ながさ [noun-from-adj], nagasa [noun-from-adj]
  1. 長い: long
    Sense id: en-長い-ja-adj-4NV2P0RG Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. 長い, 永い: (time) long, lengthy Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-長い-ja-adj-ghAVDQN0 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 43 57 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 長さ (nagasa) (ruby: (なが)) (english: length)
Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 0 0 Derived forms: ひょろ長い (hyoronagai) (ruby: (なが)), 尻が長い (shiri ga nagai) (ruby: (しり), (なが)), 待つ身は長い (matsumi wa nagai) (ruby: (), (), (なが)), 息の長い (iki no nagai) (ruby: (いき), (なが)), 気が長い: patient (ki ga nagai) (ruby: (), (なが)), 気の長い: patient (ki no nagai) (ruby: (), (なが)), 細長い (hosonagai) (ruby: (ほそ), (なが)), 胴が長い (dō ga nagai) (ruby: (どう), (なが)) (english: having a long body, long-bodied), 胴の長い (dō no nagai) (ruby: (どう), (なが)) (english: having a long body, long-bodied), 長い事 (nagai koto) (ruby: (なが), (こと)) (english: for a long time), 長い目 (nagai me) (ruby: (なが), ()), 長い目で見る (nagai me de miru) (ruby: (なが), (), ()), 長い茎の有る (nagaikukinoaru), 長い茎のある (nagaikukinoaru), 長椅子 (nagaisu), 長いす (nagaisu)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "長い事"
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      "word": "長い目で見る"
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      "roman": "nagaikukinoaru",
      "word": "長い茎の有る"
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      "roman": "nagaikukinoaru",
      "word": "長い茎のある"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nagaisu",
      "word": "長椅子"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "nagaisu",
      "word": "長いす"
    }
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          "長",
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      "form": "長かろ",
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      "form": "ながかろ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "stem"
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      "form": "nagakaro",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長く",
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      "form": "ながく",
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      "form": "nagai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "長い",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "nagai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "長けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "ながけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    },
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "長かれ",
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    {
      "form": "ながかれ",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
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    },
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      "form": "nagakare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "長くない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaku nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長かった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ながかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長くなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "ながくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "negative",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "nagaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "長いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながくなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaku nakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長くて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagakute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長ければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagakereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長かったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながかったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagakattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長かろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagakarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長く",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ながく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nagaku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長さ",
      "source": "inflection",
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    },
    {
      "form": "ながさ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "degree": "さ",
        "formal": "い です",
        "formal_negative": "く ない です",
        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
        "formal_past": "かった です",
        "hypothetical": "けれ",
        "imperative": "かれ",
        "imperfective": "かろ",
        "informal_negative": "く ない",
        "informal_negative_past": "く なかった",
        "informal_past": "かった",
        "kana": "なが",
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          "english": "a long filename",
          "roman": "nagai fairumei",
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          "english": "a long string",
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            "Fundamental"
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              "なが"
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              "間",
              "あいだ"
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        {
          "english": "You're taking forever on the toilet.",
          "roman": "Toire nagai yo.",
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              "長",
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          "english": "on one's death bed",
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              "長",
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      "other": "ながい"
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      "ipa": "[na̠ɡa̠i]"
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}
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      "roman": "shiri ga nagai",
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      "roman": "matsumi wa nagai",
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      "roman": "nagaikukinoaru",
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      "roman": "nagaisu",
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      "roman": "nagaisu",
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      "form": "nagaku",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "continuative"
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      "form": "ながい",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
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      "form": "nagai",
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      "tags": [
        "terminative"
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      "form": "長い",
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        "stem"
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      "form": "ながい",
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      "tags": [
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        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "nagai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
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      "form": "長けれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
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    {
      "form": "ながけれ",
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        "hypothetical",
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      "form": "nagakere",
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        "hypothetical"
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      "form": "長かれ",
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      "form": "ながかれ",
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        "imperative",
        "stem"
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      "form": "nagakare",
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      "tags": [
        "imperative"
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      "form": "長くない",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ながくない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "nagaku nai",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "長かった",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながかった",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagakatta",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "長くなかった",
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      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ながくなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaku nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長いです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながいです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長くないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながくないです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nagaku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長かったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながかったです",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "nagakatta desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "長くなかったです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ながくなかったです",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "nagaku nakatta desu",
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        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
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      "form": "長くて",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "ながくて",
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      "form": "nagakute",
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        "conjunctive"
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      "form": "長ければ",
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        "conditional"
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      "form": "ながければ",
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      "form": "長かったら",
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      "form": "nagakattara",
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      "form": "長かろう",
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      "form": "長く",
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        "adverbial"
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      "form": "nagaku",
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      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
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      "form": "長さ",
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      "form": "ながさ",
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      "form": "nagasa",
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        "formal_negative_past": "く なかった です",
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        "imperfective": "かろ",
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      "english": "length",
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          "word": "短い"
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          "english": "a long filename",
          "roman": "nagai fairumei",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "長",
              "なが"
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            [
              "名",
              "めい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "長いファイル名"
        },
        {
          "english": "a long string",
          "roman": "nagai ito",
          "ruby": [
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              "長",
              "なが"
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          "長い#Japanese"
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          "text": "長い間"
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        {
          "english": "You're taking forever on the toilet.",
          "roman": "Toire nagai yo.",
          "ruby": [
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              "長",
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            ]
          ],
          "text": "トイレ長いよ。"
        },
        {
          "english": "on one's death bed",
          "roman": "mō nagakunai",
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          "text": "もう長くない"
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        "長い, 永い: (time) long, lengthy"
      ],
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          "長い",
          "長い#Japanese"
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          "永い",
          "永い#Japanese"
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          "time"
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          "long",
          "long"
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  ],
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    {
      "other": "ながい"
    },
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      "ipa": "[na̠ɡa̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "長い"
}

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