Japanese

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Kanji in this term
なが
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.[1] From Proto-Japonic *nanka.

Possibly cognate with 流れる (nagareru, to flow, intransitive), and 流す (nagasu, to flow, transitive), in reference to extending.

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of inflected forms of 「長い
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Continuative (連用形) 長く がく
[náꜜgàkù]
[nàgáꜜkù]
Terminal (終止形) 長い [nàgáꜜì]
Attributive (連体形) 長い [nàgáꜜì]
Key constructions
Informal negative 長くない がくない
くない
[náꜜgàkùnàì]
[nàgáꜜkùnàì]
Informal past 長かった がかった
かった
[náꜜgàkàttà]
[nàgáꜜkàttà]
Informal negative past 長くなかった がくなかった
くなかった
[náꜜgàkùnàkàttà]
[nàgáꜜkùnàkàttà]
Formal 長いです いです [nàgáꜜìdèsù]
Conjunctive 長くて がくて
くて
[náꜜgàkùtè]
[nàgáꜜkùtè]
Conditional 長ければ がければ
ければ
[náꜜgàkèrèbà]
[nàgáꜜkèrèbà]

Adjective

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(なが) (nagai-i (adverbial (なが) (nagaku))

  1. 長い: long
    Antonym: 短い (mijikai)
    (なが)ファイル(めい)nagai fairumeia long filename
    (なが)(いと)nagai itoa long string
  2. 長い, 永い: (time) long, lengthy
    (なが)(あいだ)nagai aidaa long interval
    トイレ(なが)よ。Toire nagai yo.You're taking forever on the toilet.
    もう(なが)くないnagakunaion one's death bed

Inflection

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ 長・永”, in 日本国語大辞典[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN