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永久

永久

Chinese

forever; always; perpetual (ly) (long) time; (long) duration of time
simp. and trad.
(永久)

Adjective

永久

  1. permanent, long-lasting, eternal

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
えい
Grade: 5
きゅう
Grade: 5
on'yomi

Adjectival noun

永久 (-na inflection, hiragana えいきゅう, romaji eikyū, historical hiragana えいきう)

  1. eternal
Inflection

Noun

永久 (hiragana えいきゅう, romaji eikyū, historical hiragana えいきう)

  1. permanence; continuing forever; being timeless; being eternally unchanging; eternity

Proper noun

永久 (hiragana えいきゅう, romaji Eikyū, historical hiragana えいきう)

  1. An era from 1113-7-13 to 1118-4-3, following 天永 and preceding 元永.
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

永久 (hiragana とわ, romaji towa, historical hiragana とは)

  1. permanence

Etymology 3

Adjectival noun

永久 (-na inflection, hiragana とこしえ, romaji tokoshie, historical hiragana とこしへ)

  1. Alternative form of 常しえ

Noun

永久 (hiragana とこしえ, romaji tokoshie, historical hiragana とこしへ)

  1. Alternative form of 常しえ

Etymology 4

Adjectival noun

永久 (-na inflection, hiragana とこしなえ, romaji tokoshinae, historical hiragana とこしなへ)

  1. Same as above.

Noun

永久 (hiragana とこしなえ, romaji tokoshinae, historical hiragana とこしなへ)

  1. Same as above.