🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

長引いた

Native Script:日本語

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nagasuiita

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Drawn-out/ˈdrɔːn.aʊt/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"それは長引いた交渉だった。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Much longer in duration than is necessary or expected; prolonged.

    "The meeting was a drawn-out discussion that achieved very little."
  2. 2

    Stretched or prolonged in form or shape.

    "She gave a drawn-out sigh of exhaustion."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the past participle of the phrasal verb 'draw out', tracing back to Old English 'dragan' combined with 'out'. Originally literal in the sense of pulling or stretching something physically, the term evolved by the 17th century to metaphorically describe time, discourse, or processes being extended to excessive lengths.

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