What does 久しい (hisashii | ひさしい ) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	久しい
	is pronounced
	hisashii \| ひさしい
	means
	long, long-continued, old (story)

	Examples:
	この習慣は絶えて久しい。 kono shūkan wa tae te hisashī. This custom became extinct a long time ago.
	その習慣が廃止されて久しい。 sono shūkan ga haishi sa re te hisashī. The practice has long been done away with.
	彼が学校を出てからずいぶん久しい。 kare ga gakkō o de te kara zuibun hisashī. 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。 chihōjichitai no jidai ga ki ta to iwa re te kara hisashī. It has been long since they said the time of local government had come.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org