Keyword
prolong
Info
FrequencyTop 1200-1300
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig419
Readings
(51%)
えん
(47%)
Composed of
slash left
stop
long stride
Used in kanji (6 in total)
birth
drool
straw mat
???
Used in vocabulary (187 in total)
to survive; to live long
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
Examples (126 in total)
I could go on and on about it, but I won't.
All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.
The game was postponed until next week.
The road goes north from here.
The city wants to extend the road.
I'd like to prolong my stay in America.
Can I extend my stay one more night?
You may as well postpone your departure.
Don't put off the work till tomorrow.
Let's leave the problem until tomorrow.
I'd like to stay one more night. Is that possible?
Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.
Can you extend your holiday by a few days?
He decided to postpone his departure.
He extended his right arm.
She extended her stay by five days.
I'd like to extend my stay through Sunday.
Can't you put it off until tomorrow?
You may extend your stay in Tokyo.
We delayed the meeting for a week.
We put off the departure till tomorrow.
I postponed doing my housework for a few hours.
Everyone in the car said they wanted to get out and stretch their legs.
I want to extend my stay here for a few more days.
I'll put off my visit to England till the weather is warmer.
We postponed our picnic pending a change in the weather.
You have to put off your departure for England till next week.
The conference was scheduled for March, but it has been put off till April.
I suggested that the plan be postponed.
The game was postponed until next Sunday.
The game was put off because of the rain.
It must, of necessity, be postponed.
If it is rainy tomorrow, the game will be put off.
If it rains tomorrow, the baseball game will be put off.
I will put off my departure if it rains.
We postponed the event.
Tom put off his wedding because of a traffic accident.
Tom postponed his departure till Sunday.
The party was postponed for a week.
Should it rain tomorrow, the baseball game will be postponed.
We shall put off our departure in case it rains.
If it were to rain tomorrow, the match would be postponed.
The meeting was put off until next Friday.
It was announced that the meeting would be put off.
The meeting was adjourned until the next week.
We heard that the weather was bad, so we decided to put off our trip.
The game was postponed because of the bad weather.
With the weather getting worse, the departure was put off.
We postponed our departure because of the storm.
Do you know why he put off his departure?
He postponed the party.
He decided to put off his departure.
He suggested that we should put off our departure.
He put off his departure till Sunday.
He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
He postponed leaving for Hokkaido until next month.
He regretted that he had put off going to the doctor.
He put off his trip to Okinawa.
Their trip was postponed because of the rain.
We have to postpone our departure.
Let's postpone our trip.
Let's postpone until next week.
Let's put off the meeting until next Friday.
The final game was postponed until tomorrow.
The decision was put off.
We will have to postpone the game.
We had to put off the meeting.
I suggested that the meeting be put off.
I put off answering the letter for a week.
I suggest that the meeting be postponed.
Our soccer game will be postponed.
We decided to put off the meeting until next Sunday.
The wedding was put off.
The game was postponed due to rain.
The game may have been put off till next week.
The game was put off because of rain.
The meeting was put off till further notice.
The baseball game was put off till next Sunday.
We had to postpone the gathering because of rain.
If it rains, the game will be put off.
We put off our departure because of the rain.
The picnic was put off on account of rain.
It is said that the disease has been spreading.
The athletic meet was postponed due to rain.
Bob suggested that the party be put off till Wednesday.
The heavy rain made them put off their departure.
The meeting was put off because John was sick.
He suggested that the meeting be put off till Monday.
He delayed answering the letter.
They are planning to extend the railroad to the next town.
The party has been put off until next Tuesday.
There was no delay.
The train has been delayed because of the snow and I haven't been able to get home yet.
If it rains, we will put off our practice match.
Don't put off answering the letter.
I've decided to postpone my trip to Australia.
The meeting will be postponed till the 20th of this month.
The line of cars stretched all the way from the expressway to the city centre.
They were compelled to postpone their departure.
They put off their departure due to the heavy snow.
I'll postpone my trip to Scotland until it gets warmer.
I've decided to postpone my trip to Boston.
We postponed our baseball game for two days.
You can't put it off any longer.
The concert was held over till the following week because of the singer's illness.
For the moment, we want to postpone making a decision.
The expedition has postponed its departure to the Antarctic.
The special lecture was put off until the next day due to the bad weather.
We were compelled to put off our departure.
Please extend this visa.
I don't know why the meeting was postponed.
The meeting will be put off.
The committee meeting was postponed for two weeks.
The meeting was put off until next week.
Can I extend my stay?
We have to put off making a final decision until next week.
The settlers subsisted on bread and water.
The football game was postponed on account of bad weather.
Stop putting off finding a job.
The game has been postponed indefinitely.
The session will be prolonged again.
The peace talks have been suspended for a while.
The weather was bad so the plane was delayed.
The plane was late due to bad weather.
The payment will be deferred for two years.
The Zika virus spread rapidly across central and south America.