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代々だいだい (daidai)

generation after generation

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Meaning

代々 (だいだい, daidai) is a bonus vocabulary word meaning “generation after generation”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 8

郷里きょうりに先祖せんぞ代代だいだいの墓はかがある

In my hometown there are graves going back many generations.

代々眼科医となる。

They have been eye doctors for generations.

江戸時代の生野奉行は11代、代官に改組後は28人が勤めた。

11 bugyo served at the Ikuno bugyosho and after the reorganization took place, 28 daikan served at the Ikuno daikansho during the Edo period.

乾氏(板垣氏)江戸時代、代々土佐藩士で、家格は馬廻役(上士)。

The Inui clan (the Itagaki clan) were hereditary feudal retainers of the Tosa Domain during the Edo period, with the social standing of Umamawariyaku (body guard), a Joshi status (superior warrior).

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