Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
ひさ
Grade: 5
ひさ > びさ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
久久

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(ひさ)(びさ) (hisabisa

  1. being for the first time in a long time
    (ひさ)(びさ)(とう)(じょう)
    hisabisa no tōjō
    long awaited entrance

Adjective edit

(ひさ)(びさ) (hisabisa-na (adnominal (ひさ)(びさ) (hisabisa na), adverbial (ひさ)(びさ) (hisabisa ni))

  1. for the first time in a long time
    (ひさ)(びさ)(ふる)(さと)(かえ)
    hisabisa ni furusato e kaetta
    returned to one's hometown for the first time in a long time

Inflection edit

Synonyms edit

Adverb edit

(ひさ)(びさ) (hisabisa

  1. (used with negatives) for a long time

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN