► 形容詞
長い [(2)ながい] meaning: long rank: 1
☆ 彼は話が長い ⇨ He is very long winded
☆ 彼女は手足が長い ⇨ She has long limbs
☆ 私は長い時間待った ⇨ I waited for a long time
☆ 長い物には巻かれろ ⇨ Be wound by the long thing. Go with the flow. Don’t resist the strong (☛ A common proverb whose origin is not certain)
More examples:
- 彼は長い階段を息を切らせながら登った ⇨ He walked up the long stairs breathing laboriously
- 人生は長いようで短い ⇨ Life seems long but actually is short
- 彼女は突然長い髪をバッサリ切ってしまった ⇨ She suddenly cut off her long hair very short
- 長い歴史を有する地域料理 ⇨ A local cuisine that has a long history
- 彼女は長い下積みの後、初めての映画を監督した ⇨ She finally directed her own movie after many years of apprenticeship
- あの会社とは長い間お付き合いさせてもらっています ⇨ We have been doing business with that company for a long time
- 長いこと正座して足が痺れた ⇨ My legs are numb from sitting long in the formal style
- 長い階段を登ったら息が上がった ⇨ I got out of breath when I walked up a long stairway
- 彼女は脚が長い ⇨ With her legs are long. She has long legs
- あれから長い時間が経った ⇨ A long time has passed since then
- この学校には長い伝統がある ⇨ The school has a long tradition
- 彼は病気で長いこと休んだため留年した ⇨ He took a long sick leave and had to stay in the same grade one more year
- 彼は米国在住が長い ⇨ He has been living in the US for a long time
- 彼にもう長い事会っていない ⇨ I haven’t seen him for a long while
- 彼女は長い闘病生活を送った ⇨ She lived many years battling health problems