JLPT N1 · い-adjective

久しい (hisashii)

久しい (ひさしい, hisashii) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “long (time that has passed); old (story)”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ひさしい
Romaji: hisashii
Word class: い-adjective
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

long (time that has passed); old (story) · い-adjective

Example sentences

驕る平家は久しからず。

Pride will have a fall.

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

Conjugation of 久しい

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

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present	久しい	ひさしい hisashii
Negative	久しくない	ひさしくない hisashikunai
Past	久しかった	ひさしかった hisashikatta
Negative past	久しくなかった	ひさしくなかった hisashikunakatta
Te-form	久しくて	ひさしくて hisashikute
Adverb (~ku)	久しく	ひさしく hisashiku
Conditional (~ba)	久しければ	ひさしければ hisashikereba

Kanji in 久しい

久

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

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 久しい.

久しぶりひさしぶりa long time (since the last time)永久えいきゅうeternity

Source: JMdict entry 1227340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.