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長さ

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
長
なが
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
永さ

Etymology edit

長(なが)い (nagai, “long”) + さ (sa, “-ness”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

長(なが)さ • (nagasa) 

  1. length
  2. the distance between two places
  3. duration
  4. (mathematics) the norm of a vector

Usage notes edit

長(なが)さ (nagasa) is also used for the sense “duration”.

References edit

  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
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