Japanese edit

Alternative spellings
末永く
末長く
すえ長く

Etymology edit

Attested from at least the 13th century (as 末なかく).[1] Of (すえ) (sue, future) + (なが) (nagaku, adverbial form of (なが) (nagai, long)).

Pronunciation edit

Adverb edit

すえながく (suenagakuすゑながく (swenagaku)?

  1. for a long time

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN