久しい

ひさしい

Meanings

1. い-adjective long (time that has passed); old (story)

Kanji

• 久 long time. Read as ひさしい.

Example sentences

• 久しく彼に会わない。
  I haven't seen him for a long time.
• 久しく手紙を書かなかった事をお許し下さい。
  Please forgive me for not having written for a long time.
• その習慣が廃止されて久しい。
  The practice has long been done away with.
• 驕れる者は久しからず。
  Pride goes before a fall.
• 驕る平家は久しからず。
  Pride will have a fall.

Words containing 久しい

• 久しぶり (ひさしぶり) a long time (since the last time)
• 幾久しい (いくひさしい) everlasting
• 久しく (ひさしく) for a long time

And 6 more.

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