- nagai long (distance, length); long (time), protracted, prolonged
Used for physical length or duration; also means 'long time no see' only in the set phrase お久しぶりです, not with 長い.
この川はとても長いです。
Kono kawa wa totemo nagai desu.
This river is very long.
昨日は長い一日でした。
Kinou wa nagai ichinichi deshita.
Yesterday was a long day.
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💡 Drop い to get the stem: add くない (negative), かった (past), くて (te-form).
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