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    3. 長引く

    長引く

    長なが引びく​

    to be prolonged

    N2KMT9News #32+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab13 strokes

    長びく

    ながびく

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to be prolonged, to drag on, to take a long time, to persist, to linger

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    会かい議ぎが長なが引びいた。

    The meeting was prolonged.

    KMT6Daily LifeWork & Career
    風か邪ぜが長なが引びいて、なかなか治おさらない。

    My cold is lingering and just won't get better.

    KMT8Daily LifeMedicine & Health
    悪あく天てん候こうのため、旅りょ行こうの日にっ程ていが長なが引びいてしまった。

    Due to bad weather, our travel schedule was prolonged.

    KMT8Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    予よ想そう以い上じょうに交こう渉しょうが長なが引びいて、疲ひ労ろう困こん憊ぱいだ。

    The negotiations dragged on longer than expected, and I'm exhausted.

    KMT9Daily LifeWork & Career
    景けい気き低てい迷めいが長なが引びく中なか、企き業ぎょうの倒とう産さん件けん数すうが増ぞう加かしている。

    As the economic slump prolongs, the number of corporate bankruptcies is increasing.

    KMT10Business & FinanceDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    長
    なが.い・おさ…(8)
    long・leader・superior・senior
    Kanji
    引
    ひ.く・ひ.ける…(5)
    pull・tug・jerk・admit・install…(2)
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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