Keyword
long
Info
FrequencyTop 100
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
?
KankenLevel 9
Heisig2070
Readings
なが
(27%)
おさ
(2%)
Composed of
hair comb
long legs
Mnemonic

A hair comb with really long legs (also called "teeth" — you know, the part which you actually use to brush your hair with?) is a fashion accessory that's not going to be seen often. It may be long, but it certainly isn't practical!

Used in kanji (4 in total)
lengthen
notebook
dilate
???
Used in vocabulary (1068 in total)
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 a person); stature
many years; a long time
long time; long interval; for quite some time
president (of a society); chairman
captain; commander; commanding officer; leader
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
leader of a group
chairperson (of a committee); chair; chairman; chairwoman; president
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
tall figure; high stature
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
long time; several hours; long spell
long and narrow
section manager; section chief
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
eldest daughter; first-born daughter
for a long time
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
longevity; long life
long visit; overstaying
long distance; long haul; long-distance race
full length; total length; overall length
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
long period (of time)
head of the student council; president of the student council
village headman; village mayor
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
board chairman; managing director; chief director
secretary (government); director; chief
director (of a hospital, institution, academy, etc.); superintendent; rector
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)
head (of an office, laboratory, etc.); chief
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
vice president (of a club, organization, etc.)
bureau director; office chief
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
couch; bench; ottoman; settee
long hair (usu. of a man)
long; (for a) long time
long sword; minute hand (of a clock)
Chief Cabinet Secretary (Japan); Chief of Staff (to the President, Prime Minister, etc.); Cabinet Secretary; Executive Secretary
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
Nagano Prefecture (Chūbu area)
long journey; long trip
length (of an animal); body length
to be too long
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
patriarch; head of a family
captain (of a warship)
Nagano (city, prefecture)
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
head chef; master chef
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
tenement house; row house
senior; elder; person older than oneself
squad leader; group leader; team leader
general manager; director-general
longest; oldest
long slits (esp. of eyes)
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
long sleeves
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
chief (of police); head (of office)
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
promotion; encouragement; fostering; unwanted help (usu. unintentionally harmful); unnecessary help; disservice
growth period; growing season
president (of a university); vice-chancellor; secretary-general; director; leader (esp. of a biker gang)
executive vice-president
head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)
Nagasaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
patient; unhurried; leisurely
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
long time; long interval; for quite some time
secretary-general; director-general; executive director; executive secretary
commanding officer
almond eyes; slit eyes
deputy director; assistant director; vice director; deputy general manager; assistant general manager; vice (general) manager
eldest brother
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
head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation
chairman; leader of a troupe; proprietor of a theatrical company
platoon commander; section commander
secretary-general; director
long desk; long table
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
head of a family; patriarch; matriarch
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
long spear; pike
extended leave; long vacation
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
extended game; overtime; extra time; extra innings
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
captain (of an aircraft)
Secretary of Defence (Defense)
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
long line; long queue
long sentence; long piece of writing (e.g. passage, letter, article, telegram)
division commander
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
to look at the long term
head of a ward; mayor of a ward; chief administrator of a ward
robe; long garment
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
growth (of a plant)
Chōshū; (former) Nagato Province
president's office; director's office
long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft
to live long; to survive
manager; purser
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
long-term interest rate
head (of organization, organisation); chief; sheikh; emir
dormitory leader; dormitory superintendent
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
host country (e.g. for a meeting); chair country
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
master sergeant; sergeant major (JSDF)
former president (of a company); former CEO
battalion commander
oblong; landscape orientation
deputy secretary (government); deputy director
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
factory manager; plant superintendent; works manager
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
useless object; deadwood; white elephant; boondoggle
teachers, superiors, and men of prominence
mid-to-long term; medium and long term
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
large-statured; tall
strong point; forte; merit; strength
head patrol officer
squad leader; divisional officer
for a long time
class president; head class representative
long hand; minute hand
director of a hospital
to eagerly look forward to
superintendent of education
Secretary of the Treasury (USA); Treasury Secretary
regimental commander
chairman of executive council (usu. of a party); chairman of the general affairs committee
station master
long spell of rain
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
to be on the same wavelength; to think alike; to get along
oval-faced; long-faced
general secretary (of a party, union, etc.); secretary-general; chief secretary
long and thin
Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C
to be too long
long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly
long bath; staying in the bath for a long time
thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering
billionaire; multimillionaire; very rich person
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
leading private (Imperial Japanese Army); leading seaman (Imperial Japanese Navy)
assistant section manager; assistant section chief
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
attorney general; attorney-general
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
head of a branch; branch office manager; bureau chief
to have a long life; to live a long time
patient; having a long fuse
Secretary-General of the United Nations
prosecutor general; attorney general
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
long, leisurely bath
principal of a private school
long-cherished dream
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
superintending prosecutor
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
chairman of (party) policy bureau; policy chief
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points
long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
Yangtze River (China); Changjiang River; long river
long hit; slugging; extra-base hit
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
Speaker of the House (US, etc.)
(long) pants (as opposed to shorts); trousers
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
leading private (JSDF)
(full-length) novel; long novel
to be prolonged; to drag on; to take a long time; to persist; to linger
chief of the general staff; chief of staff (esp. US)
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
average height; average body height
senior class (kindergarten, pre-school, etc.)
senior manager; director; person below the department head with responsibility for a particular area
longevity; eternal life; cycle that can be repeated indefinitely and neither group dies
long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono
long-term storage; long-term preservation
scallion; green onion; spring onion
long talk; long-winded speech
long-distance race (in track and field; typically 3, 5 or 10km)
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
Chief Cabinet Secretary
tall and lean figure; tall and slender figure
tedious; verbose; wordy; redundancy
dean (of a university faculty)
school principal; headmaster
with profound (and often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
one's superior; senior; elder
female company president; female CEO
eldest sister; oldest sister
deputy general manager; deputy director-general; assistant commissioner
long gloves; evening gloves; gauntlet
long-term hospitalization
class representative; head of class
senior executive manager
perpetual youth and longevity
medical director; chief physician
chief guard; warden
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
long-term view
associate editor; deputy editor
department head; division manager; head of a department
deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief
longhair (e.g. cat)
lasting (e.g. work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded; verbose; wordy
long (defensive) wall; Great Wall of China
long press (of a button)
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
long speech; monologue
leader of a cheering group; head cheerleader
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
long night (esp. of autumn)
captain (of a midget submarine, torpedo boat, etc.); skipper (of a small boat); coxswain; length of a boat
long, drawn-out; tedious
long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem
Director of National Intelligence (USA); DNI
beam running between columns in traditional Japanese architecture, esp. within Japanese-style rooms
Changsha (China)
long-range forecast (usu. weather)
(Japanese Imperial Navy) chief warrant-officer
period of rapid growth (especially Japan's period of rapid economic growth after WWII)
leader of a special attack unit (esp. kamikaze units in WWII); person who charges in first against opponents (esp. in a bōsōzoku gang)
district headman; head county official
head chef; head cook
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
the lord of creation; man; mankind
head of a monastic institution; abbot; prior; abbess; prioress; mother superior
order from the company president
Director-General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau
deputy manager; assistant manager; acting manager
long; eternal
to grow; to grow up; to be good at; to excel in
chief navigator; navigating officer; navigator; sailing master
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)
head of personnel department
azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana); long-tailed
list of the richest people; billionaires list
executive chef; head chef
superintendent priest; chief abbot
role of a company president
long snake; long line (of people, etc.)
crown (of creation); apex; the best
Straw Millionaire (Japanese Buddhist folk tale)
speaker and deputy speaker; chair and vice-chair; president and vice-president (of the senate, council, etc.)
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
heads of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government
young CEO; young company president
long-armed; kleptomania(c)
head of the Foreign Relations Committee
long-term (business) strategy
police sergeant
ninth month of the lunar calendar; September
tall stature; tall figure
Nagano Prefectural Police (abbr)
long-legged(ness)
one's elders or superiors
lengthy military expedition; Long March (China, 1934-1936); Long March (series of Chinese launch vehicles)
prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
everlasting fortune in battle; continued luck in war
longer type of wakizashi (short sword); gambler
Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
Director General of (former) Defence Agency (Defense)
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
possessing a long torso
growth stock; person with future promise
long illness; protracted illness
low (economic) growth
department and section managers
everlasting spring; China rose (Rosa chinensis); Changchun (China)
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
bandmaster; conductor
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
chief of protocol
second half of extra time (in soccer)
wing length (esp. of a bird); wingspan (esp. of an aircraft)
sword with a very long grip
millionaire; multimillionaire
long sides of a rectangle
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
long socks; long sox; stockings; hose
long kiseru (type of tobacco pipe)
Kenchō era (1249.3.18-1256.10.5)
long-term national bond
managing editor; chief editor
chief for the day (PR event in which a celebrity heads a police, fire, etc. department for a day)
couch; bench; ottoman; settee
scallion; green onion; spring onion
long night; all night
tall stature; tall figure
magistrate of Nagasaki (Edo period)
Satchō Alliance; 1866 alliance between the feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū
to look at the long term
binchō charcoal; high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak
director of a medical clinic
stationmaster's office
feature film; feature-length film
long-running (TV, radio) program
anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents
hierarchy based on age; custom of elders first
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
Chōji era (1104.2.10-1106.4.9)
head of a martial arts organization (organisation)
rapid growth (of an economy, company, etc.)
first half of extra time (in soccer)
assistant chief of staff, g2
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
long-stay visitor; long-term resident
(full-length) novel; long novel
superior; supervisor
long road; far journey
proboscis; long nose
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
Battle of Nagashino (1575)
good wine makes good blood; sake is the best of all medicines
extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night)
long period of time
long sound; prolonged sound; long vowel
Emperor's Birthday (national holiday held from 1868 to 1948)
long-distance call; trunk call
long speech; monologue
rubber boots
long hakama; trailing hakama
lasting (e.g. work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded; verbose; wordy
chief factor; chief trader
couch; bench; ottoman; settee
managing director; president of a company (US)
gibbon (any small, long-armed ape of family Hylobatidae)
sighing deeply; giving a deep sigh
long pursuit
long operating life; long service life; long life
long-distance transportation; long-distance haulage
length of a blade
chief superintendent (police)
having a long body; long-bodied
potential growth rate (of an economy)
long-winded speech; long, boring talk; tedious lecture
Primates (order of mammals)
growing market; growth market
the best medicine (i.e. sake)
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
young and old
wooden board on which utensils for a tea ceremony are displayed
having a long torso and short legs; long-bodied and short-legged
long kimono; ankle-length traditional Japanese garment
Director General of Science and Technology Agency
logistic curve; growth curve
long talk; long-winded speech
heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial); massive and heavy; heavy (industry)
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
Presbyterian Church; Presbyterians
longer type of wakizashi (short sword)
height; stature; length (esp. of clothing); all (one has); everything; magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)
Director General of Economic Planning Agency
Nagasaki Station (Nagasaki)
fairly high shoes; boots
scallion; green onion; spring onion
long-term use (e.g. of a drug); prolonged use; long-time service
to know much of the world
head of business department
director (of an observatory)
assistant chief of staff, g1
patriarchy; system of patriarchy
terraced or partitioned housing structure
right-angled parallelepiped; cuboid; rectangular solid
slugging percentage
long stay; overstaying one's welcome
long-legged(ness)
to hinder the growth of (e.g. plants, someone); to hamper the growth of
combat commander
secretary (government)
freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)
Director General of Environment Agency
duplication; to make redundant
(arch.) master of the rice field; (arch.) chief farmer; lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
to make a long-winded speech; to give a long talk
Chōwa era (1012.12.25-1017.4.23)
Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794); Nagaokakyō (city)
long period of time
Secretary-General of the United Nations
neither one thing nor the other; (lit.) too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie
dolichocephaly
long take (film-making); continuous shot
Nagasunehiko; legendary clan leader who opposed Emperor Jimmu's unification of Japan and was subsequently killed by the deity Nigihayahi
long-term credit bank; LTCB
head steward (e.g. on a ship); (arch.) palace chef
zero growth; zero economic growth; no-growth economy
Virudhaka (Buddhist deity)
Eichō era (1096.12.17-1097.11.21)
multimillionaire; billionaire
long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus); long-tailed bushtit
Chief Cabinet Secretary (1879-1947)
Tenchō era (824.1.5-834.1.3)
long swimming pool lane (50 meters or more)
Chōroku era (1457.9.28-1460.12.21)
long talk; long-winded speech; long tongue (one of the thirty-two marks of a great man)
long day (esp. of spring)
president (of a university); chancellor; vice-chancellor
the long night of spiritual darkness
long sleeves
boastful (language); audacious; arrogant; presumptuous
growth path; route to growth
to miss a big chance; to miss a good opportunity; to let one's enemy slip away
lengthy lecture
fashion leader; fashionista
rapid progress; great strides
long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono
Nagasaki University (abbr)
to look at the long term
soft on women; weak for women; easily charmed (by women)
long stay; overstaying one's welcome
major axis; line of apsides; apse line
Nagasaki Prefectural Police (abbr)
senior master sergeant (JASDF)
Shōchō era (1428.4.27-1429.9.5)
waders (waterproof pants often fitted with boots, used mostly by fishermen)
Chōtoku era (995.2.22-999.1.13)
ellipse; oval
tenement house; row house
burning of New Year's gate decorations (usu. on the 15th day of the New Year)
dash (in Morse code)
assistant chief of staff, g3
long, two-handed sword
chief customs inspector
ancient longsword
unsympathetic manager; section chief with a heart of stone
very low frequency wave; VLF wave
airman first class (JASDF)
longish; moderately long; long side (of timber, etc.); (arch.) long road
long-vowel mark; macron; long note
long socks; long sox; stockings; hose
to be elegant (usu. of a woman); to be graceful; to be refined; to become well-experienced; to mature
to hit someone 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
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
assistant chief of staff, g2
longhorn; longicorn
Director General of National Land Agency
Chōkyō era (1487.7.20-1489.8.21)
death; passing
Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)
long illness; protracted illness
northern pintail (Anas acuta)
if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness
female principal; headmistress
perpetual youth and longevity; long life without growing old
fashion leader; fashionista
long-winded speech; long, boring talk; tedious lecture
tranquil; calm; quiet; mild (weather); balmy
failure to thrive; FTT; growth disorder
Chōshō era (1132.8.11-1135.4.27)
lengthening a vowel (e.g. as in Kansai dialect); long sound (esp. long vowel)
ball hit toward the gap between outfielders
to hit someone 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
long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
neither one thing nor the other; (lit.) too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie
Chōkan era (1163.3.29-1165.6.5)
long-vowel mark; macron
Nagata Station (Osaka)
longer direction; longitudinal direction
Chōryaku era (1037.4.21-1040.11.10)
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
wingspan (of a bird); wingspread
long-ribbed umbrella (i.e. not folding)
unproductive growth (of a plant or tree)
novel of formation (education); novel of character development; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development of a young person; Bildungsroman
Kōchō era (1261.2.20-1264.2.28)
freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)
Director General of Okinawa Development Agency
acting chairman; acting president
walking a long distance
bone lengthening; distraction osteogenesis
plagioclase feldspar
chief nurse (in the army)
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
long stretch of winding beach
long crowing (warbling)
forever; everlastingly; for many years to come; ever
perimeter; circumference
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
growing point; point of growth
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
binchō charcoal; high-grade charcoal produced from ubame oak
assistant chief of staff, g3
length of a character string
long exposure (photography)
amorous man; henpecked husband
rights of the head of a family
fairly high shoes
cercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)
waterproof long boots; waders
rights of the head of a family
elliptical shape; oval shape
Nagahara Station (Osaka)
(make) a long talk (discourse, lecture)
Nagasaki Naval Training Center (est. 1855 at the entrance to Dejima)
long road; far journey
stretched dried abalone (used as a betrothal gift)
Chōgen era (1028.7.25-1037.4.21)
Director General of Prime Minister's Office
Nagaura Station (Chiba)
long and serpentine (line, queue, etc.)
degrowth; antigrowth
prelate; prior; abbot
long, slender eggplant
long-tailed cock; long-tailed fowl (variety of chicken)
Chōhō era (999.1.13-1004.7.20)
block size; block length
long blast of a ship's horn
Pippi Longstocking (1945 children's book by Astrid Lindgren)
major chord; major triad
long, slender eggplant
sleeping a long time; oversleeping
fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Tetragnatha praedonia (species of long-jawed orb weaver)
Hasegawa school of Japanese painting (Muromachi-early Edo period)
super-long-term government bond (with a maturity of over ten years)
prolate spheroid
prosperity and decay; rise and fall; ebb and flow; vicissitudes (of fortune)
to eagerly look forward to
long-life quality housing; long-term quality housing; non-temporary housing built for multigenerational use (meeting criteria such as durability, earthquake resistance, energy efficiency, etc.)
redundant system (string, line)
long item; long object; long film
manager promoted from in-house office worker
redundancy (information theory)
Nagasaki-e; print produced in Nagasaki during the Edo period
Ōchō era (1311.4.28-1312.3.20)
polecat (Mustela putorius); ferret; fitch
semi-major axis (esp. in orbital matters)
orthoclase; common feldspar
mountain avens (Dryas octopetala); eightpetal mountain-avens; white dryas; white dryad
greedy and cruel; (lit.) large wild boar and long snake
art of using a naginata
captain of a thousand
one's superiors; one's seniors
long sword; long katana
tenement house with no windows
long and serpentine (line, queue, etc.)
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
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
office; official; chief; head
Nagano Prefecture (Chūbu area)
to live long; to survive
Nagasaki Prefecture (Kyūshū)
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
long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
shock troop commander; spearhead of a shock unit
blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
long, drawn-out; tedious
list of the richest people; billionaires list
anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents
Straw Millionaire (Japanese Buddhist folk tale)
Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
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
Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder
long kiseru (type of tobacco pipe)
freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)
longer type of wakizashi (short sword)
fashion leader; fashionista
long stay; overstaying one's welcome
fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
to hit someone 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
long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus japonicus)
janggu (Korean hourglass drum); janggo; changgo
ancient longsword
leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
albacore (Thunnus alalunga); longfin tuna
long distance; long time
siamang (species of gibbon, Symphalangus syndactylus)
Ryukyu long-haired rat (Diplothrix legata)
long, slender eggplant
Imjin War (1592-1597); Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea
Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar)
woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
growing point; point of growth
long-tailed spangle (Papilio macilentus); long-tailed swallowtail
long-tailed spangle (Papilio macilentus); long-tailed swallowtail
long and serpentine (line, queue, etc.)
long and serpentine (line, queue, etc.)
long and serpentine (line, queue, etc.)
stretched dried abalone (used as a betrothal gift)
going (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length
going (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length
shift supervisor
longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol); northern bluefin tuna
hoolock gibbon (either of the two gibbons in genus Hoolock)
albacore (Thunnus alalunga); longfin tuna
long item; long object; long film
Secretary of Defence (Defense)
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)
Cabinet (Chief) Secretary
military band master
word-length; word size
captain of the guard
length measuring machine
long-term credit; long-term loan
coeval with heaven and earth
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)
revised by section chief
long-distance dependency (dependencies)
most experienced chanko cook in the sumo stable
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
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
longitudinal direction
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
proboscideans; proboscidians
chief kagura dancer (of kagura performed at the imperial palace)
director (highest of the four administrative positions of the ritsuryō system); chief
record length; record size
register length
redundancy (in information theory)
length indicator octets
length indicator; LI
double length register; double register
long-vowel mark; macron
double crochet; DC
half double crochet; HDC
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
impulse response length
being a guest for too long (e.g. of a neighbor)
head of a clan
way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright
liquid (phase) deposition; liquid (phase) epitaxy
vapor-phase epitaxial growth; vapor-phase epitaxy; VPE
liquid phase epitaxial growth; liquid phase epitaxy; LPE
long-distance race (in track and field; typically 3, 5 or 10km)
long-term credit bank; LTCB
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
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful; serene
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
Night of the Long Knives (1934 SA purge in Germany); Röhm Purge
long howl (of a dog, etc.)
axial length (of the eye)
Great Wall of Sand (Chinese land reclamation project in the Spratly Islands)
Nagasaki school of Japanese painting (Edo period)
degrowth (reducing global consumption and production to achieve a socially just and ecologically sustainable society)
crown-rump length; CRL
long-distance artillery; long-range gun; long-range rocket launcher; long-ball hitter; power hitter
longevity noodles (eaten in China on one's birthday)
village chief
long-sleeved shirt
longwall system; longwall method
company president's daughter
horizontally condensed type; font compressed by width
Commissioner General of the National Police Agency; Director General of the National Police Agency
leg length (welding); length of fillet weld
optical path length
labradorite; Labrador spar
geminate consonant; geminated consonant
musculus longissimus
form of renku consisting of 48 verses
branch manager; branch office head; director of a local chapter
executive committee chairperson; action committee president; executive chairman
Daddy-Long-Legs (novel by Jean Webster, 1912)
Nagadai; Nagano University (abbr); Nagaoka University (abbr)
Nagano Special Needs School (older name style)
Song of Everlasting Sorrow (poem by Bai Juyi); Song of Everlasting Regret; Chang Hen Ge
Nights of the Long Knives (1975 novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst)
Dīgha Nikaya; Collection of Long Discourses
Long, hot summer (of 1967, when race riots occurred in many cities in the US)
Nagasaki University (abbr)
Nagao Station (Osaka)
wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi)
long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas)
thresher shark (esp. the common thresher shark, Alopias vulpinus)
long-armed octopus (Octopus minor)
spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
American kestrel (Falco sparverius)
merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk
bee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)
Laminaria longissima (species of kelp)
Beyrich's slit shell (species of sea snail, Pleurotomaria beyrichii)
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)
mould mite (Tyrophagus putrescentiae); cheese mite
Japanese mud crab (Macrophthalmus japonicus)
pebble crab (Leucosia anatum)
smalleye pygmy shark (Squaliolus aliae)
wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax)
wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax)
long-tailed chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera); Chilean chinchilla
Ariamnes cylindrogaster (spider in the Theridiidae family)
Examples (200 in total)
I could not stay here for long.
I don't have much time left.
It won't take that long.