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

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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