悠長|ゆうちょうyuuchou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. na-adjective, nounleisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
    決けっして悠長ゆうちょうな仕事しごとではない。↗
    This certainly isn't a job where you can take it easy.
Conjugation
Plain form悠長(ゆうちょう)
Polite (desu)悠長です(ゆうちょうです)
Negative (dewa nai)悠長ではない(ゆうちょうではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)悠長ではありません(ゆうちょうではありません)
Past (datta)悠長だった(ゆうちょうだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)悠長ではなかった(ゆうちょうではなかった)
Te form (de)悠長で(ゆうちょうで)
Adverbial (ni)悠長に(ゆうちょうに)
Conditional (nara)悠長なら(ゆうちょうなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Antonym切迫せっぱくWrittenWritten/formal prose: urgency as a crisis or deadline presses close — the opposite of moving at a 「悠長」, unhurried pace.
  • Antonym緊迫きんぱくWrittenWritten/formal prose: a tense situation on the brink, where there is no room for 「悠長」 composure.

Use 「悠長」 for someone unhurried when haste is called for — often critical, as in 「そんな悠長なことは言っていられない」. For the opposite mood, 「切迫」 stresses a closing deadline or crisis, 「緊迫」 a tense, hair-trigger situation.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 落ち着おちついており、気きが長ながいさま。のんびりしているさま。
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