長細い
ながぼそい
i-adjective
long and thin; elongated and narrow
Conjugation
| Affirmative | Negative | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 長細い | 長細くない |
| Past | 長細かった | 長細くなかった |
| て form | 長細くて | 長細くなくて |
| Adverbial | 長細く | — |
| Conditional ば | 長細ければ | 長細くなければ |
| Conditional たら | 長細かったら | 長細くなかったら |
1.
long and thin; elongated and narrow; slender
Describing an object or shape that is notably long relative to its width. A compound adjective combining the concepts of length and thinness.
長細い箱。
A long, thin box.
長細い形のパンを買った。
I bought a long, narrow loaf of bread.
この島は南北に長細く、車で端から端まで三時間かかる。
This island is long and narrow from north to south, and it takes three hours to drive from one end to the other.
A compound adjective from 長い (long) + 細い (thin), with rendaku changing ほそい to ぼそい. Also written as 長細い. A straightforward descriptive word used in everyday conversation.
USAGE:
Used for physical objects and shapes. The variant 細長い is more common in formal writing and has the same meaning, but reverses the order of the components.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 長細い形 — a long, thin shape
- 長細い箱 — a long, narrow box
- 長細い島 — a long, narrow island
- 長細い顔 — a long, narrow face
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 細長い — long and thin (same meaning; more common in formal writing)
- 細い — thin, slender (thinness only, without the length component)
- 長い — long (length only, without the thinness component)