"長さ" meaning in Japanese

See 長さ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [na̠ɡa̠sa̠] Forms: 長さ [canonical] (ruby: (なが)), nagasa [romanization]
Etymology: 長(なが)い (nagai, “long”) + さ (sa, “-ness”). Etymology templates: {{ja-com|長い|ながい|さ|rom2=-sa|t1=long|t2=-ness}} 長(なが)い (nagai, “long”) + さ (sa, “-ness”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ながさ}} 長(なが)さ • (nagasa)
  1. length
    Sense id: en-長さ-ja-noun-D4Kspmr5 Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 36 12 42
  2. the distance between two places
    Sense id: en-長さ-ja-noun-M7m-ZzA4 Categories (other): Japanese terms with 1 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 1 kanji: 13 47 15 24 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 36 12 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 14 43 16 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 63 11 17
  3. duration
    Sense id: en-長さ-ja-noun-yqea9Ntn Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 36 12 42
  4. (mathematics) the norm of a vector
    Sense id: en-長さ-ja-noun-DKLpETec Categories (other): Mathematics, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 9 27 20 45 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 8 28 27 37 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 10 28 12 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 10 36 12 42 Topics: mathematics, sciences
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Download raw JSONL data for 長さ meaning in Japanese (1.5kB)

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