Illustration: Inside a small family pottery workshop in Japan, a grandmother guides her adult son’s hand as he demonstrates a distinctive bowl-finishing motion to his teenage daughter. The daughter holds the same well-worn wooden tool, concentrating fiercely while both elders watch with familiar affection.

JLPT N1adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

代だい々だい

daidai

for generations

Example sentences

  1. これらの話はなしは代々だいだい語かたりつがれてきた。

    These tales have been passed on from generation to generation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. この家系かけいは代々だいだい弁護士べんごしを輩出はいしゅつしてきた。

    This family has been turning out lawyers generation after generation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 神話しんわや伝説でんせつは代々だいだい語かたり継つがれていくべきだ。

    Myths and legends should be handed down from generation to generation.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 代々

  • 代substitute; changeOnダイ・タイKunかわる・かわる・かわり

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