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長引く

長びく

Reading

Kana: ながびく
Romaji: nagabiku
Kana
Romaji

Definition

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to be prolonged; to drag on

Kanji

Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: イン、 ひ.く、 ひ.き、 ひ.き-、 -び.き、 ひ.ける
Meanings: pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

Example Sentences

(なが)びきそうですか。
➥Will it take long to recover?
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長引(ながび)不況(ふきょう)のために、(おお)くの労働者(ろうどうしゃ)失業(しつぎょう)している。
➥Because of the protracted depression, many workers are unemployed.
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その経済(けいざい)学者(がくしゃ)長引(ながび)不況(ふきょう)予期(よき)していた。
➥The economist anticipated a prolonged depression.
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