► 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:
- 彼にもう長い事会っていない ⇨ I haven’t seen him for a long while
- 店の前に長い列が出来ている ⇨ There is a long line in front of the store
- 彼女の脚は長い ⇨ Her legs are long
- 店の前に長い行列が出来ている ⇨ There is a long line in front of the store
- 彼の話は前置きがやたらと長い ⇨ His speech has an extremely long introduction
- 彼は長いこと風呂に入っていないかのように見える ⇨ He looks as if he hasn’t taken a bath for a while
- 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
- あのラーメン屋は客が長い列で並ぶ ⇨ The customers line up in a long queue for that ramen restaurant
- 潜伏期間の長い感染症 ⇨ An infectious disease with a long dormant period
- その技術を体得するには長い時間が掛かった ⇨ It took a long time to learn the skill so that I can do it instinctively
- 2050年迄に代替エネルギーを開発するなんて、そんな気が長い話でいいのか ⇨ Isn’t it a little too slow to develop an alternative energy by 2050?
- 人生は長いようで短い ⇨ Life seems long but actually is short
- 彼は長いこと病床に伏している ⇨ He has been on his sickbed for a long time
- 彼は長いこと風呂にも入っておらず、垢にまみれていた ⇨ He hadn’t taken a bath for a long time and was covered in dirt
- 彼女は手足が長い ⇨ She has long limbs