VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

長い

ながい
hepburn nagai

long

Part of speech · i-adjective

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Examples

  1. 長い髪が好きです。
    I like long hair.
  2. この映画は長いです。
    This movie is long.

Collocations

長い髪 (long hair)長い時間 (long time)長い間 (nagai aida, for a long time)長くなる (become longer)長さ (nagasa, length, noun)

Mnemonic

長い nagai — i-adjective "long". Spatial and temporal. Opposite: 短い mijikai. Onyomi ちょう (chou): 校長 kouchou (school principal, "long of school" = head), 社長 shachou (CEO), 成長 seichou (growth). The kanji 長 extends from "long" to "leader/head/growth".

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  1. What does 校長 kouchou mean?

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