久々

Japanese

Kanji in this term
久 久
ひさ
Grade: 5
ひさ > びさ
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
久久

Pronunciation

Noun

久(ひさ)々(びさ) • (hisabisa) 

  1. being for the first time in a long time
    久(ひさ)々(びさ)の登(とう)場(じょう)
    hisabisa no tōjō
    long awaited entrance

Adjective

久(ひさ)々(びさ) • (hisabisa) -na (adnominal 久(ひさ)々(びさ)な (hisabisa na), adverbial 久(ひさ)々(びさ)に (hisabisa ni))

  1. for the first time in a long time
    久(ひさ)々(びさ)に故(ふる)郷(さと)へ帰(かえ)った
    hisabisa ni furusato e kaetta
    returned to one's hometown for the first time in a long time

Inflection

Synonyms

Adverb

久(ひさ)々(びさ) • (hisabisa) 

  1. (used with negatives) for a long time

Synonyms

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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