Is this how you say "really long time no see" in Japanese? I already know that "long time, no see" is ”久しぶり” but if I want to express the phrase not only more formal, but to emphasize that it has been

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Is this how you say "really long time no see" in Japanese? I already know that "long time, no see" is ”久しぶり” but if I want to express the phrase not only more formal, but to emphasize that it has been a really really long time, can I say something like this: Long long time no see ↓ ごぶさたしていました My Japanese friend taught me this and I thought I would verify its correctness on here?

Dec 25, 2016 10:25 AM

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ごぶさたしていました is just a polite way of saying ひさしぶり. There's no difference between them. If you want to emphasize "really really long time", you can simply say "本当に本当にひさしぶり！" or "本当に本当にごぶさたしていました！".

December 25, 2016

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