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    3. 千代

    千代

    千ち代よ

    thousand years

    KMT5News #11+1NounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    千世

    ちよ

    Noun

    1.
    thousand years
    2.
    very long period, forever

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    千ちよや代ちよに八 千 代 に。

    For a thousand, nay, eight thousand generations.

    KMT4Culture & Traditions
    この伝でん統とうは千ち代よにわたって受うけ継つがれてきた。

    This tradition has been passed down for a thousand generations.

    KMT5Culture & Traditions
    千ち代よ紙がみは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな美うつくしい模も様ようの紙かみです。

    Chiyogami is a traditional Japanese paper with beautiful patterns.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    彼かれの作さく品ひんは、千ち代よを超こえて人ひと々びとの心こころに残のこり続のこりつづけるだろう。

    His works will continue to live in people's hearts for more than a thousand years.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsArt & Design
    日に本ほんの国こっ歌か「君きみが代よ」には、「千ちよや代ちよに八とい千う代かしに」という歌ふ詞くが含まれていまれています。

    Japan's national anthem "Kimigayo" includes the lyrics "for a thousand, nay, eight thousand generations."

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsMusic & Entertainment

    Kanji that make up this word

    千
    ち…(3)
    thousand
    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
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