JLPT N4 · な-adjective

久しぶり (hisashiburi)

久しぶり (ひさしぶり, hisashiburi) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “a long time (since the last time); first in a long time”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひさしぶり
Romaji: hisashiburi
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

a long time (since the last time); first in a long time · noun taking の, な-adjective, noun
it's been a long time; long time no see · expression

Example sentences

やあビル、随分久しぶりだね。

I haven't seen you for a long time, Bill.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 久しぶり

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	久しぶりだ	ひさしぶりだ hisashiburida
Present (polite)	久しぶりです	ひさしぶりです hisashiburidesu
Negative	久しぶりじゃない	ひさしぶりじゃない hisashiburijanai
Past	久しぶりだった	ひさしぶりだった hisashiburidatta
Negative past	久しぶりじゃなかった	ひさしぶりじゃなかった hisashiburijanakatta
Te-form	久しぶりで	ひさしぶりで hisashiburide
Before a noun	久しぶりな	ひさしぶりな hisashiburina
Adverb (~ni)	久しぶりに	ひさしぶりに hisashiburini

Kanji in 久しぶり

久

long time, old storyキュウ・ク・ひさ.しい · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 久しぶり.

永久えいきゅうeternity久しいひさしいlong (time that has passed)

Source: JMdict entry 1227370 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.