長ちょう寿じゅ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

Refers to living a long time, often used in health, aging, and celebratory contexts.

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Japan is known as a country of longevity.

祖そ母ぼの長ちょう寿じゅを祝いわってパーティーを開ひらいた。

We held a party to celebrate my grandmother's long life.

2

noun-modifying (irregular)

long-lived; long-running

Prenominal use describing people, animals, or things that last a long time, such as TV programs or products.

〈人ひと〉の長ちょう寿じゅを祝いわうto celebrate someone's longevity
祖そ父ふの90歳さいの誕たん生じょう日びに、家か族ぞくで長ちょう寿じゅを祝いわった。
On my grandfather's 90th birthday, our family celebrated his longevity.
〈物もの〉は長ちょう寿じゅだused to describe something (a show, product, etc.) as long-running
このテレビ番ばん組ぐみは30年ねん続つづく長ちょう寿じゅな作さく品ひんだ。
This TV show is a long-running program that has continued for 30 years.
長ちょう寿じゅの秘ひ訣けつthe secret to a long life
毎まい日にちの運うん動どうが長ちょう寿じゅの秘ひ訣けつだと言いわれている。
Daily exercise is said to be the secret to a long life.
長寿ちょうじゅを全まっとうするto live out a long life to the end
彼かの女じょは100歳さいまで長ちょう寿じゅを全まっとうした。
She lived out a long life to the age of 100.

長なが生いきN3sense 1
長生き is the everyday, often verbal word (長生きする) for living a long time, while 長寿 is more formal and used in written, statistical, or celebratory contexts.
長ちょう命めい sense 1
長命 is a slightly literary synonym of 長寿, both meaning long life, but 長寿 is more common in everyday and celebratory usage.
寿ことぶき
長寿 is the everyday compound for 'longevity', while 寿 alone carries the same meaning but is more literary and symbolic, often used decoratively.
延えん命めい
長寿 describes the state or quality of living a long life, while 延命 focuses on the act or process of extending a life that is already ending.

短たん命めい sense 1
短命 means dying young or being short-lived, the direct opposite of 長寿's meaning of living a long life.

寿じゅ命みょうN2sense 1
寿命 simply means lifespan or life expectancy (which can be long or short), whereas 長寿 specifically means a long life.

Compound of 長 (long) and 寿 (longevity, congratulations). The kanji 寿 carries auspicious connotations of a long and happy life.