Word Meaning 代々
代々 is read as よよ (yoyo) and means for generations.
Meaning
English
- for generations
- from generation to generation
- generation after generation
- through the ages
Reading
Kana
よよ
Romaji
yoyo
Writing Variants
- 世々 よよ yoyo
- 世世 よよ yoyo
- 代代 よよ yoyo
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6この町ではその祭りが代々受け継がれてきた。
このまちではそのまつりがだいだいうけつがれてきた。
In this town, that festival has been handed down from generation to generation.
代々木公園で丸一日を過ごした。
We spent the entire day in Yoyogi Park.
この伝統は代々受け継がれている。
This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation.
この家系は代々弁護士を輩出してきた。
This family has been turning out lawyers generation after generation.
試合にさきだち代々木競技場で開会式が行われた。
Before the match, an opening ceremony was held in the Yoyogi stadium.
其の日は一日淋しいペンの音を聞いて暮した。其の間には折々千代々々と云う声も聞えた。文鳥も淋しいから鳴くのではなかろうかと考えた。然し縁側へ出て見ると、二本の留り木の間を、彼方へ飛んだり、此方へ飛んだり、絶間なく行きつ戻りつしている。少しも不平らしい様子はなかった。
I spent that day listening to the lonely scrapings of a pen. During that time, from time to time, I heard a Java sparrow twittering. It occurred to me that maybe Java sparrows twitter out of loneliness too. I walked out to the veranda to see. Nevertheless, flying to and fro between two perches busily and incessantly, it did not show the slightest hint of grievance.
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