代々
だいだい
Also written 代代
Meanings
- Adverb, Noun, の-adjective for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
Kanji
- 代 era. Read as ダイ.
Example sentences
- これらの話は代々語りつがれてきた。
These tales have been passed on from generation to generation. - 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.
Common phrases
- 代々伝わる (だいだいつたわる) to be handed down from generation to generation
Words containing 代々
- 代々伝わる (だいだいつたわる) to be handed down from generation to generation
- 先祖代々 (せんぞだいだい) ancestral
- 子孫代々 (しそんだいだい) generation after generation