long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
company president; manager; director
height (of body); stature
president (of a society); chairman
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
long time; long interval; for quite some time
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
to be prolonged; to drag on
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
leader of a delegation (body, party)
tall figure; high stature
(committee) chairman; president
head of the student council; president of the student council
section manager; section chief
village headman; village mayor
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. the sun)
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
long; drawn-out; very long
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)
secretary (government); director; chief
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
vice president (of a club or organization, organisation)
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
bureau director; office chief
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
patriarch; head of a family
tenement house; row house
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
senior; elder; person older than oneself
squad leader; group leader; team leader
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
length (of an animal); body length
long slits (esp. of eyes)
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
chief (of police); head (of office)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
long time; long interval; for quite some time
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
growth period; growing season
patient; unhurried; leisurely
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
(college) president; secretary-general
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
Nagano (city, prefecture)
general manager; director-general
platoon commander; section commander
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
boss (esp. yakuza); foreman
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
branch manager; manager of a branch office
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
extended leave; long vacation
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
president's office; director's office
long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
teachers, superiors, and men of prominence
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
oblong; landscape orientation
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
factory manager; works manager
squad leader; divisional officer
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
to eagerly look forward to
class president; head class representative
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
billionaire; multimillionaire; very rich person
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
to have a long life; to live a long time
patient; having a long fuse
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
principal of a private school
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
to be prolonged; to drag on
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
Nagasaki prefecture (Kyushu)
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
long talk; long-winded speech
secretary-general; director
eldest sister; oldest sister
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
(full-length) novel; long novel
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
one's superior; senior; elder
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
female company president; female CEO
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
secretary general; chief secretary
long (i.e. full-length) pants (as opposed to shorts)
average height; average body height
long-term storage; long-term preservation
deputy secretary (government); deputy director
chief of the general staff
perpetual youth and longevity
associate editor; deputy editor
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
long-term hospitalization
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
skipper (of a boat); coxswain
Secretary of Defence (Defense)
medical director; chief physician
great wall (of China); long wall
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
long night (esp. of autumn)
beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
mid-to-long term; medium and long term
president and chief executive officer
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
leader of a cheering group; head cheerleader
the lord of creation; man; mankind
former president of a company
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven; long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Kyoto in the late 16th century)
order from the company president
superintendent priest; chief abbot
long hit; slugging; extra-base hit
district headman; head county official
crown (of creation); apex; the best
chief navigator; navigating officer; navigator; sailing master
superintendent of education
period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)
deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief
azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana); long-tailed
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
ninth month of the lunar calendar; September
longer type of wakizashi (short sword); gambler
prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
one's elders or superiors
young CEO; young company president
deputy general manager; deputy director-general; assistant commissioner
long-armed; kleptomania(c)
growth hormone (esp. somatotropin in animals and auxins in plants)
head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief
executive chef; head chef
continued luck in the fortunes of war
deputy section or department manager
millionaire; multimillionaire
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
lasting (work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded
Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
prosecutor general; attorney general
role of a company president
long illness; protracted illness
sword with a very long grip
long kiseru (type of tobacco pipe)
magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)
host country (e.g. for a meeting); chair country
long socks; long sox; stockings; hose
lengthy military expedition; Long March (China, 1934-1936); Long March (series of Chinese launch vehicles)
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
attorney general; attorney-general
Kenchō era (1249.3.18-1256.10.5)
wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)
scallion; shallot; green onion; spring onion
high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
superintending prosecutor
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
head of personnel department
Chōji era (1104.2.10-1106.4.9)
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
(full-length) novel; long novel
anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster); harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)
United Arab Emirates; UAE
chairman of (party) policy bureau; policy chief
list of the richest people; billionaires list
Emperor's Birthday (national holiday held from 1868 to 1948)
long-distance call; trunk call
chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee
good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines
gibbon (any small, long-armed ape of family Hylobatidae)
senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area
Battle of Nagashino (1575)
everlasting spring; China rose (Rosa chinensis)
sighing deeply; giving a deep sigh
growth stock; person with future promise
long hakama; trailing hakama
long-lived program (on TV, radio, etc.); long runner
the best medicine (i.e. sake)
long-term (business) strategy
Primates (order of mammals)
having a long body; long-bodied
Presbyterian Church; Presbyterians
wooden board on which utensils for a tea ceremony are displayed
managing editor; chief editor
extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night)
having a long torso and short legs; long-bodied and short-legged
long kimono; ankle-length traditional Japanese garment
scallion; shallot; green onion; spring onion
patriarch; patriarchal; patriarchic
long; drawn-out; very long
Speaker of the House (US, etc.)
patriarchy; system of patriarchy
heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial); massive and heavy; heavy (industry)
chief superintendent (police)
long stay; overstaying one's welcome
if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them
Director General of (former) Defence Agency (Defense)
freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)
terraced or partitioned housing structure
long-distance transportation (transport, haulage)
long day (esp. of spring)
managing director; president of a company (US)
to know much of the world
long operating life; long service life; long life
rapid progress; great strides
long-range forecast (usu. weather)
senior master sergeant (JASDF)
duplication; to make redundant
assistant chief of staff, g2
long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus); long-tailed bushtit
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
Chōtoku era (995.2.22-999.1.13)
multimillionaire; billionaire
Tenchō era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
logistic curve; growth curve
Virudhaka (Buddhist deity)
Chōroku era (1457.9.28-1460.12.21)
to hinder the growth of (e.g. plants, someone); to hamper the growth of
Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794)
the long night of spiritual darkness
long take (film-making); continuous shot
to make a long-winded speech; to give a long talk
neither one thing nor the other; (lit.) too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie
very low frequency wave; VLF wave
long stay; overstaying one's welcome
soft on women; weak for women; easily charmed (by women)
Shōchō era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)
(arch.) master of the rice field; (arch.) chief farmer; lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Eichō era (1096.12.17-1097.11.21)
Chief Cabinet Secretary (1879-1947)
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
unsympathetic manager; section chief with a heart of stone
airman first class (JASDF)
long socks; long sox; stockings; hose
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
head steward (e.g. on a ship); (arch.) palace chef
waders (waterproof pants often fitted with boots, used mostly by fishermen)
to be elegant (usu. of a woman); to be graceful; to be refined; to become well-experienced; to mature
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
assistant chief of staff, g1
longish; moderately long; long side (of timber, etc.); (arch.) long road
assistant chief of staff, g3
to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
Chōkyō era (1487.7.20-1489.8.21)
long-term credit bank; LTCB
man is the crown of creation
Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)
northern pintail (Anas acuta)
chairman of board of directors
speaker and deputy speaker; chair and vice-chair; president and vice-president (of the senate, council, etc.)
Director of National Intelligence (USA); DNI
Chōshō era (1132.8.11-1135.4.27)
Chōkan era (1163.3.29-1165.6.5)
long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
assistant chief of staff, g2
long-vowel mark; macron; long note
fixed length (e.g. block)
neither one thing nor the other; (lit.) too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie
to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
tenement house; row house
freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)
House Steering Committee Chairman
rapid growth (of an economy, company, etc.)
ball hit toward the gap between outfielders
novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman
Director General of Science and Technology Agency
Kōchō era (1261.2.20-1264.2.28)
long-stay visitor; long-term resident
to miss a big chance; to miss a good opportunity; to let one's enemy slip away
long-ribbed umbrella (i.e. not folding)
head of business department
lengthening a vowel (e.g. as in Kansai dialect); long sound (esp. long vowel)
long-term credit bank; LTCB
zero growth; zero economic growth; no-growth economy
wingspan (of a bird); wingspread
if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness
There's no point in staying (here) any longer; There's no point in prolonging a (the) visit; There's no point in extending one's stay
chief nurse (in the army)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
fire captain; fire marshal
longer direction; longitudinal direction
Director General of Environment Agency
Chōryaku era (1037.4.21-1040.11.10)
rights of the head of a family
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
forever; everlastingly; for many years to come; ever
stretched dried abalone (used as a betrothal gift)
amorous man; henpecked husband
Chōwa era (1012.12.25-1017.4.23)
length of a character string
rights of the head of a family
cercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)
long stretch of winding beach
(make) a long talk (discourse, lecture)
common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
Chōgen era (1028.7.25-1037.4.21)
Director General of Economic Planning Agency
waterproof long boots; waders
swimming pool lane which is longer than 50 meters
president and chief executive officer; president and CEO
assistant chief of staff, g3
fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
long blast of a ship's horn
Chōhō era (999.1.13-1004.7.20)
long illness; protracted illness
long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
long exposure (photography)
head of the Foreign Relations Committee
period of economic growth
prosperity and decay; rise and fall; ebb and flow; vicissitudes (of fortune)
one's superiors; one's seniors
Ōchō era (1311.4.28-1312.3.20)
(a line, queue) being long and serpentine
Tetragnatha praedonia (species of long-jawed orb weaver)
Nagasaki-e; print produced in Nagasaki during the Edo period
mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad
redundancy (information theory)
orthoclase; common feldspar
to eagerly look forward to
polecat (Mustela putorius); ferret; fitch
acting chairman; acting president
growth path; route to growth
Director General of Hokkaido Development Agency
high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak (Quercus phillyraeoides)
redundant system (string, line)
tenement house with no windows
semi-major axis (esp. in orbital matters)
Nagasaki Station (Nagasaki)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono
long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono
blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
growth hormone (esp. somatotropin in animals and auxins in plants)
Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder
list of the richest people; billionaires list
freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)
to hit somebody where they least expect it; to take revenge on someone in an unlikely place; to get revenge on someone in a different contest; (lit.) to attack the Edo enemy in Nagasaki
janggu (Korean hourglass drum); janggo; changgo
sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge
fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
albacore (Thunnus alalunga); germon
Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar)
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
triplewart seadevil (Cryptopsaras couesii)
siamang (species of gibbon, Symphalangus syndactylus)
going (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length
going (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length
(a line, queue) being long and serpentine
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Great Mormon (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon)
Great Mormon (species of swallowtail butterfly, Papilio memnon)
white-handed gibbon; lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)
long-armed octopus (Octopus minor)
Secretary of Defence (Defense)
Cabinet (Chief) Secretary
Director General of National Land Agency
Director General of Prime Minister's Office
coeval with heaven and earth
speaker of the Lower House
long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
authority of the chair; power of the office of Speaker; power of the office of the President (of the House of Councillors)
long-distance dependency (dependencies)
day's longest successful jump
real economic growth rate
long-distance telephone company
nominal economic growth rate
most experienced chanko cook in the sumo stable
assistant section or department manager
assistant (to general manager)
company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
braggart; boaster; self-conceited person
Heaven and earth are eternal
longhorn; long-horned cattle
drug czar; Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; ONDCP
compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
proboscideans; proboscidians
United Nations Secretary-General
chief kagura dancer (of kagura performed at the imperial palace)
director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryo system); chief
record length; record size
CRC; Cyclic Redundancy Check
cyclic redundancy check; CRC
redundancy (in information theory)
Vertical Redundancy Check; VRC
long distance telephone company
long precision floating point number
double length register; double register
triple crochet; treble crochet; TR
poor speakers make long speeches; brevity is the soul of wit
art is long, life is short; ars longa, vita brevis
a watched pot never boils
to live long is to outlive much; the longer you live, the more shame you suffer
being a guest for too long (e.g. of a neighbor)
way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright
liquid (phase) deposition; liquid (phase) epitaxy
epitaxial growth; epitaxy
vapor-phase epitaxial growth; vapor-phase epitaxy; VPE
liquid phase epitaxial growth; liquid phase epitaxy; LPE
long-term credit bank; LTCB
epidermal growth factor; EGF
prolonged recession; depression; protracted economic slump
high-growth track; higher growth path
long-distance train; long-haul train
to prolong; to protract; to draw out
growing market; growth market
very long baseline interferometry; VLBI
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; peaceable
military expedition deep into enemy territory
eta (Edo period); administrator of a temple; (arch.) low-ranking government official with a comparatively high salary (in medieval China)
superior; excellent; outstanding
if you can't beat them; join them; you can't fight city hall; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them
Night of the Long Knives (1934 SA purge in Germany); Röhm Purge
long howl (of a dog, etc.)
manager promoted from in-house office worker
insulin-like growth factor; IGF
super-long-term government bond (with a maturity of over ten years)
axial length (of the eye)
Great Wall of Sand (Chinese land reclamation project in the Spratly Islands)
wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi)
long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas)
thresher shark (esp. the common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus)
spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
American kestrel (Falco sparverius)
hoolock gibbon (either of the two gibbons in genus Hoolock)
merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk
bee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)
Ryukyu long-haired rat (Diplothrix legata)
Laminaria longissima (species of kelp)
Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
median wasp (Dolichovespula media)
perplexed spindle (species of sea snail, Fusinus perplexus)
perplexed spindle (species of sea snail, Fusinus perplexus)
Bombay duck (Harpadon nehereus); bummalo
northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula)
China rose (Rosa chinensis)
Andean hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus nationi)
screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus); small screaming armadillo; crying armadillo; small hairy armadillo
African slender-snouted crocodile (Crocodylus cataphractus)
long-nosed mole (Euroscaptor longirostris)
lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni)
Amur falcon (Falco amurensis); eastern red-footed falcon
spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
Indian long pepper (Piper longum); longpepper
cheongsam; mandarin gown; mandarin dress
slender amaranth (Amaranthus viridis); green amaranth
algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus)
starry night octopus (Octopus luteus)
woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
mould mite (Tyrophagus putrescentiae); cheese mite