Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 久しぶり(ひさしぶり) in Japanese

久しぶり, 久し振り
JLPT 4
Kana Reading
ひさしぶり
Romaji
hisashiburi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
    Meaning
    a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you)
    Example sentence
    起きて挨拶を交わす相手がいる——久しぶりの感覚 To get up in the morning, and there be someone to say good morning to - I haven't had this feeling for a long time.

Examples of 久しぶり, 久し振り, ひさしぶり in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 2

3 strokes

long time, old story

On'Yomi: キュウ, ク

Kun'Yomi: ひさ.しい

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JLPT 1

10 strokes

shake, wave, wag, swing

On'Yomi: シン

Kun'Yomi: ふ.る, ぶ.る, ふ.り, -ぶ.り, ふ.るう

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