永い
N2ながい nagai
- long
- lengthy
い-adjective
Chinese meanings
漫长;长久
Chinese notes
永い多强调时间漫长;例句使用常见写法長い。
Examples
- だんだん日が長くなっています。The days are getting longer and longer.白天渐渐变长了。
- 彼に長い手紙を書いた。I wrote a long letter to him.我给他写了一封长信。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('7137e5312a'); // 永い
{
"id": "7137e5312a",
"word": "永い",
"reading": "ながい",
"romaji": "nagai",
"meanings": [
"long",
"lengthy"
],
"level": "N2",
"pos": [
"adj-i"
],
"jmdict_id": 1429750,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "だんだん日が長くなっています。",
"furigana": "だんだん{日|ひ}が{長|なが}くなっています。",
"en": "The days are getting longer and longer.",
"tatoeba_id": 203060
},
{
"ja": "彼に長い手紙を書いた。",
"furigana": "{彼|かれ}に{長|なが}い{手紙|てがみ}を{書|か}いた。",
"en": "I wrote a long letter to him.",
"tatoeba_id": 118529
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "d7d786467d6d6fac7c4cdfade163d19d3aed851558f0630f6363ae21f3a7fd0a",
"meanings": [
"漫长",
"长久"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "だんだん日が長くなっています。",
"zh": "白天渐渐变长了。"
},
{
"ja": "彼に長い手紙を書いた。",
"zh": "我给他写了一封长信。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n2/7137e5312a",
"JMdict ent_seq 1429750; local JMdict_e.gz",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"notes": "永い多强调时间漫长;例句使用常见写法長い。",
"review_hash": "7896571be0aae5fd7ba910f9d94ed9d95b55681b23a08ff42d39f80422d76d64"
}
}