長い (nagai)
長い (ながい, nagai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “long (distance, length)”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- ながい
- Romaji
- nagai
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- long (distance, length) · い-adjective
- long (time); protracted; prolonged · い-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 長い
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 長い | ながい nagai |
| Negative | 長くない | ながくない nagakunai |
| Past | 長かった | ながかった nagakatta |
| Negative past | 長くなかった | ながくなかった nagakunakatta |
| Te-form | 長くて | ながくて nagakute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 長く | ながく nagaku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 長ければ | ながければ nagakereba |
Kanji in 長い
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 長い.
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Source: JMdict entry 1429750 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.