N2997/1725

長なが引びく

godan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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ながびく

Meanings

to be prolonged, to drag on, to take a long time, to persist, to linger

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Example sentences

交渉こうしょうが長引ながびいて、全員ぜんいんが疲つかれてきた。

The negotiations dragged on and everyone started to get tired.

風邪かぜが長引ながびかないように、早はやめに病院びょういんへ行いった方ほうがいい。

You should go to the hospital early so your cold doesn't drag on.

会議かいぎが長引ながびいたせいで、予定よていしていた昼食ちゅうしょくの時間じかんがなくなった。

Because the meeting dragged on, the planned lunch break was gone.

この問題もんだいが長引ながびけば、会社かいしゃ全体ぜんたいに影響えいきょうが出でるだろう。

If this problem persists, it will likely affect the entire company.

景気けいきの低迷ていめいが長引ながびいており、多おおくの企業きぎょうが厳きびしい経営けいえいを強しいられている。

The economic stagnation is persisting, and many companies are being forced into difficult management situations.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)