長蛇

ちょうだ【長蛇】

¶切符を買う順番を待つ～の列

a long line of people waiting for a ticket

¶バス停に～の列ができている

There is a long line at the bus stop.

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ちょうだ【長蛇】

●長蛇の列 a long line [file, row]; 〔順番を待つ〕 a long queue 《snaking along the street》

・長蛇の列を作って in a long line [queue].

●長蛇を逸する miss a prize [victory] by a slight mischance; awkwardly allow one's long-sought enemy to slip away.