長さ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
長
なが Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
永さ

Etymology

長(なが)い (nagai, “long”) + さ (sa, “-ness”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ながさ [náꜜgàsà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [na̠ɡa̠sa̠]

Noun

長(なが)さ • (nagasa)

length
the distance between two places
duration
(mathematics) the norm of a vector

Usage notes

長(なが)さ (nagasa) is also used for the sense “duration”.

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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