long 意味 & 読み方

日本語でのlongの意味

• 0 having a large distance from one end to the other -- （空間的に）長い

  • long hair

  • long legs

  • a long dress

• 1 continuing for a large amount of time -- （時間が）長い

  • a long movie

• 2 describes a piece of writing that has a lot of pages or words -- （本などが）長い

  • a long book

• 3 used when asking for or giving information about the distance or time of something -- （数量を表す言葉と共に）～の長さの

  • It’s about three metres long.

  • The concert was three hours long.

  • How long was the skirt?

  • How long is the movie?

• 4 to be old, often too old to do something -- 年をとっている

  • He’s a bit long in the tooth to be wearing jeans, don’t you think?

• 5 for a long time -- 長く

  • Did you have to wait long for the train?

• 6 used when you are talking about something that must happen before something else can happen -- ～さえすれば

  • You can play football as long as you do your homework first.

• 7 in the past but not now -- もう～ない

  • The school is no longer used.

• 8 soon -- まもなく

  • They’ll be home before very long.

• 9 a large amount of time -- 長い時間

  • She won’t be away for long.

• 10 to want something very much -- （人）が切望する, ～を待ちこがれる

  • She longed to see him again.

  • I’m longing for some sun.