JLPT N2 · Verb

長引く (nagabiku)

長引く (ながびく, nagabiku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be prolonged; to drag on”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ながびく
Romaji
nagabiku
Word class
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

その経済学者は長引く不況を予期していた。
The economist anticipated a prolonged depression.

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

Conjugation of 長引く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary長引くながびく nagabiku
Polite (~masu)長引きますながびきます nagabikimasu
Negative長引かないながびかない nagabikanai
Polite negative長引きませんながびきません nagabikimasen
Past長引いたながびいた nagabiita
Polite past長引きましたながびきました nagabikimashita
Negative past長引かなかったながびかなかった nagabikanakatta
Te-form長引いてながびいて nagabiite
Potential長引けるながびける nagabikeru
Passive長引かれるながびかれる nagabikareru
Causative長引かせるながびかせる nagabikaseru
Volitional長引こうながびこう nagabikou
Imperative長引けながびけ nagabike
Conditional (~ba)長引けばながびけば nagabikeba

Kanji in 長引く

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 長引く.

Source: JMdict entry 1610950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.