Dictionary / Vocabulary / 久しい
ひさしい
long (time that has passed); old (story)
JLPT N1 common word
彼が学校を出てからずいぶん久しい。
It's such a long time since he left school.
地方自治体の時代が来たといわれてから久しい。
It has been long since they said the time of local government had come.
大器晩成の大物と言われて久しいけど、彼、いつになったら化けるのかね。
I haven't heard anyone call him a late bloomer in a while. But I do wonder when he's going to grow up.