Results, "For a long time"
- つとに《夙に》
adverb:
- for a long time; since long ago; from childhood
- bright and early; early in the morning
- 前々から【まえまえから】
adverb:
- for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
- 前々☆【まえまえ】前前
noun:
- beforehand; for a long time
先日、学校からの帰りに古本屋に立ち寄ったところ、前々から探していた本を偶然見つけた。 The other day I stopped at a secondhand bookstore on my way home from school and happened to find a book I had been looking for for a long time.
- 長きに渡る【ながきにわたる】長きにわたる・長きに亘る Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- long (time); longstanding; for a long time
- 長らく☆【ながらく】永らく☆
adverb:
- long; (for a) long time
長らくお待たせして申し訳ありません。 I'm sorry to have kept you waiting so long.
- 待ちに待つ【まちにまつ】 Inflection
expression / godan ~つ verb:
- to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
- 熟年離婚【じゅくねんりこん】
noun:
- divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism - four character idiom
- 定年離婚【ていねんりこん】
noun:
- divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (brought on by retirement of the husband) - colloquialism
- 打ち続く【うちつづく】打続く・うち続く・打ちつづく Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to continue for a long time; to undergo a repeated series
- 寝込む☆【ねこむ】寝こむ Inflection
godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:
- to stay in bed; to sleep; to be laid up for a long time
- ずっと☆・ずーっと☆・ずうっと
adverb:
- continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way - ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic
- much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
- far away; long ago
- direct; straight
- 足が棒になる【あしがぼうになる】 Inflection
expression / godan ~る verb:
- to get stiff legs (after walking or standing up for a long time) - idiom
- 引き続く【ひきつづく】引続く・ひき続く・引きつづく Inflection
godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:
- to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
- 入り浸る【いりびたる】入りびたる・入浸る Inflection
godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:
- to stay long; to hang around; to hang out; to frequent
- to be immersed (in water) for a long time; to soak
父親が亡くなって、ジョンは居酒屋に入りびたるようになった。 After his father's death, John took to spending his time in bars.
- 棚晒し【たなざらし】店晒し・棚ざらし・店ざらし・店曝し・棚曝し
noun / ~の noun:
- shopworn goods; dead stock; shelf warmer
- being left unresolved for a long time (e.g. a problem); being shelved - often as 〜が店晒しになる or 〜を店晒しにする
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