Word Meaning 代々

よよ yoyo

代々 is read as よよ (yoyo) and means for generations.

Meaning

English

  1. for generations
  2. from generation to generation
  3. generation after generation
  4. 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

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 75308 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

代える

かえる

to replace

代わり

かわり

upcoming program

代行

だいこう

acting as agent

代理

だいり

representation

代金

だいきん

price

the times

代用

だいよう

substitution

代理店

だいりてん

agency

代人

だいにん

substitute

代書

だいしょ

amanuensis

代物

しろもの

prostitute

Example Sentences

6

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.

We spent the entire day in Yoyogi Park.

This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation.

This family has been turning out lawyers generation after generation.

Before the match, an opening ceremony was held in the Yoyogi stadium.

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.