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    3. 長い間

    長い間

    長ながい​間あいだ

    long time

    KMT8Ref L1Noun, AdverbCore ConceptsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    長いあいだながい間

    ながいあいだ

    Noun, Adverb

    1.
    long time, long interval, for quite some time

    Stroke 0 / 22

    Speed1.0x

    長ながい間あいだ待まっていました。

    I have been waiting for a long time.

    KMT4Daily Life
    彼かれは長ながい間あいだ、海かい外がいで暮くらしていた。

    He lived abroad for a long time.

    KMT8Daily LifeTravel & Transportation
    長ながい間あいだ会あっていなかった友ゆう人じんと再かい会かいし、とても嬉うれしかった。

    I was very happy to reunite with a friend I hadn't seen for a long time.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    この遺い跡せきは長ながい間あいだ、地ち中ちゅうに埋うもれていた。

    This ruin was buried underground for a long time.

    KMT8HistoryScience & Math
    長ながい間あいだ解かい決けつされずにいた問もん題だいが、ついに動うごき出だした。

    The problem that had remained unresolved for a long time has finally started to move.

    KMT9Politics & LawBusiness & Finance

    Characters that make up this word

    長
    なが.い・おさ…(8)
    long・leader・superior・senior
    Kanji
    間
    あいだ・ま・あい…(6)
    interval・space
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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