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久 kanji
long time, old story
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 3
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
キュウク
Kun readings
ひさしい
Words with 久
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —永久性permanency
- —恒久化making permanent
- —半永久semipermanence
- —恒久的permanent; perpetual; lasting
- —恒久性permanence; perpetuity
- —持久力stamina; tenacity
- —持久戦protracted war; war of attrition
- —耐久力durability; persistence; stamina; endurance; staying power
- —持久走marathon training in physical education classes in Japanese schools
- —耐久財durable goods; durables
- —地久節Empress's Birthday (esp. as celebrated prior to WWII)
- —永久脱毛removing hair permanently
- —天長地久coeval with heaven and earth
- —半永久的semipermanent
- —永久磁石permanent magnet
- —承久の変Jōkyū War (1221); Jōkyū Disturbance; Jōkyū Rebellion
- —永久機関perpetual motion machine; perpetual motion engine; perpetuum mobile
- —永久公債perpetual bond
- —永久硬水permanent hard water
- —永久磁場permanent magnetic field