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久しい (ひさしい, hisashii) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N2 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 久しい · i-adjective
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 久ひさ しい 久ひさ しくない Polite 久ひさ しいです 久ひさ しくないです also 久ひさ しくありません Past polite 久ひさ しかったです 久ひさ しくなかったです also 久ひさ しくありませんでした Past 久ひさ しかった 久ひさ しくなかった Te-form 久ひさ しくて 久ひさ しくなくて Adverbial 久ひさ しく Conditional 久ひさ しければ 久ひさ しくなければ Tara conditional 久ひさ しかったら 久ひさ しくなかったら
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It has already been a long time since my father passed away.
I haven't seen him for a long time.
That is now a story from long ago.
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 てから 久ひさ しい it has been a long time since ~
It's been a long time since I saw him.
久ひさ しく 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 ない haven't done ~ in a long time
I haven't seen him in a long time.
久ひさ しい 間あいだ for a long stretch of time
For a long time, no one visited that village.
Expressions お 久ひさ しぶり long time no see; it's been a while 驕おご る 平へい 家け 久ひさ しからず pride goes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long Related words 長い is the general word for length in time or space, while 久しい specifically emphasizes that a long time has elapsed since some event.
久しぶり is the everyday noun/adjectival phrase used when doing or seeing something after a long interval, while 久しい is a more formal, written way to describe that elapsed time.
Word family a long time (since the last time); first in a long time · it's been a long time; long time no see
for a long time; for ages
everlasting; eternal; unchanging
after a long time; for the first time in a while
Written forms 久ひさ しい Usage 94%
Standard kanji spelling for this i-adjective meaning that a long time has passed.
ひさしい Usage 6%
Etymology Native Japanese adjective ひさしい. The kanji 久 is conventionally associated with long duration or elapsed time; this is spelling guidance rather than a detailed historical derivation.
