ナガ
Meanings
Prefix
Suffix
1. long
I set up long tables in the meeting room.
Pitch accent
ナ
ガ
Used in vocabulary (126 in total)
long-legged(ness)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
azure-winged magpie (Cyanopica cyana); long-tailed
fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
long-armed; kleptomania(c)
long visit; overstaying
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
polecat (Mustela putorius); ferret; fitch
long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus); long-tailed bushtit
Nagano (city, prefecture)
albacore (Thunnus alalunga); longfin tuna
long night (esp. of autumn)
couch; bench; ottoman; settee
Nagata-chō (Japan's political center; equiv. of Downing Street)
length
longtail tuna (Thunnus tonggol); northern bluefin tuna
long time; long interval; for quite some time
longevity; long life
something long; useless things; white elephant; boondoggle
scallion; green onion; spring onion
long day (esp. of spring)
Chinese yam (Dioscorea batatas)
longer type of wakizashi (short sword)
rectangle
woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
many years; a long time
for a long time
tenement house; row house
long; (for a) long time
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
long journey; long trip
long slits (esp. of eyes)
leather boots; rubber boots; wellingtons; wellies; long boots; high boots
lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)
long sleeves
long spear; pike
patient; unhurried; leisurely
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
long handle; long-handled spear; long shaft
oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
oblong; landscape orientation
oval-faced; long-faced
oblong brazier
long; eternal
long spell of rain
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 telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time
long, leisurely bath
long gloves; evening gloves; gauntlet
(long) pants (as opposed to shorts); trousers
long press (of a button)
long speech; monologue
ninth month of the lunar calendar; September
long epic song with shamisen accompaniment (developed in Edo in the early 17th century)
long road; far journey
long road; far journey
long road; far journey
traditional Japanese poem with verses of five and seven morae repeated at least three times, usu. ending with a verse of seven
long-term view
longer type of wakizashi (short sword); gambler
long illness; protracted illness
sword with a very long grip
long socks; long sox; stockings; hose
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
long kiseru (type of tobacco pipe)
possessing a long torso
long wallet
long night
wooden board on which utensils for a tea ceremony are displayed
rubber boots
Battle of Nagashino (1575)
long-winded speech; long, boring talk; tedious lecture
long kimono; ankle-length traditional Japanese garment
neither one thing nor the other; (lit.) too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie
waders (waterproof pants often fitted with boots, used mostly by fishermen)
long stay; overstaying one's welcome
Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794)
long take (film-making); continuous shot
boastful (language); audacious; arrogant; presumptuous
longish; moderately long; long side (of timber, etc.); (arch.) long road
forever; everlastingly; for many years to come; ever
Long Day's Journey into Night (play by Eugene O'Neill)
long distance; long time
walking a long distance
fairly high shoes
stretched dried abalone (used as a betrothal gift)
Kayan people
long, slender eggplant
going (e.g. of a flight of stairs); length
sleeping a long time; oversleeping
long sword; long katana
spear squid (Loligo bleekeri)
Ryukyu long-haired rat (Diplothrix legata)
Laminaria longissima (species of kelp)
median wasp (Dolichovespula media)
perplexed spindle (species of sea snail, Fusinus perplexus)
screaming hairy armadillo (Chaetophractus vellerosus); small screaming armadillo; crying armadillo; small hairy armadillo
African slender-snouted crocodile (Crocodylus cataphractus)
long-nosed mole (Euroscaptor longirostris)
spinner dolphin (Stenella longirostris)
Indian long pepper (Piper longum); longpepper
mould mite (Tyrophagus putrescentiae); cheese mite
long period of time
long vowel
rice grasshopper
wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi)
art is long, life is short; ars longa, vita brevis
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)
Night of the Long Knives (1934 SA purge in Germany); Röhm Purge
longwall system; longwall method
long-winded speech
Nagaoka University of Technology
Nagaoka Institute of Design
Nagadai; Nagano University (abbr); Nagaoka University (abbr)
Nights of the Long Knives (1975 novel by Hans Hellmut Kirst)
Nagaoka University
Nagaoka University
Long, hot summer (of 1967, when race riots occurred in many cities in the US)
Examples (2 in total)
I set up long tables in the meeting room.
On rainy days I wear tall boots.