Tonada

Japanese word

首を長くして

くびをながくして
In your course · Chapter 49
Part of speech
phrase
Level
B2

Meanings

  1. wait eagerly

Source: Tonada course

Kanji

  • 首
    On reading:
    シュ
    Kun reading:
    くび
    Meanings:
    neck, counter for songs and poems
  • 長
    On reading:
    チョウ
    Kun reading:
    おさ、なが.い
    Meanings:
    long, leader, superior, senior

Source: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))

Sources and licences

  • Tonada course content (words, example sentences and their translations).
  • KANJIDIC2, Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group — CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence)

Dictionary and table data under CC BY-SA may be reused under the same licence with attribution. Nothing on this page is machine-translated.