代代

代代

1. (literary) over the course of several generations; from generation to generation; down through the generations; through successive generations

Others:

• → Vietnamese: đời đời

Reduplication of 代 (dai, yo, “generation”). Compare Chinese 代代 (dàidài), Vietnamese đời đời. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Tokyo) だいだい (Atamadaka – )
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• (Tokyo) よよ (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

代(だい)代(だい) or 代(よ)代(よ) • (daidai or yoyo) 

1. generation after generation
   • 2006 November 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)百(ひゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)八(はち)訓(くん)　運(うん)に身(み)分(ぶん)は関(かん)係(けい)ない [Lesson 128: Luck Has Nothing to Do with Social Status]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     ヤベーよ　なんで４(よん)番(ばん)引(ひ)いてんだよ　あのバカ殿(との)　ヤベーよ　怒(おこ)ってるよアレ絶(ぜっ)対(たい)勘(かん)弁(べん)してくれよ　悪(わる)気(ぎ)はなかったんだよ　しかも　よりによってもっさりブリーフの日(ひ)にあたっちまったよ　恥(はじ)の上(うわ)塗(ぬ)りだよ

     Yabē yo Nan de yonban hiiten da yo ano bakatono Yabē yo Okotteru yo are Zettai kanben shite kure yo Warugi wa nakattan da yo Shikamo yoriniyotte mossari burīfu no hi ni atatchimatta yo Haji no uwanuri da yo

     We’re screwed! Why did the stupid lord have to draw number 4!? We’re screwed! He’s really mad! Please leave me outta this! And he’s wearing such lame briefs today of all days! Which makes him even more pathetic!

     将(しょう)軍(ぐん)家(け)は代(だい)々(だい)　もっさりブリーフ派(は)だ

     Shōgunke wa daidai mossari burīfu-ha da

     For generations of the shōgun clan, we’ve always been fans of lame briefs

     ヤベーよ　きこえてたよ　しかも毎(まい)日(にち)もっさりライフだよ

     Yabē yo Kikoeteta yo Shikamo mainichi mossari raifu da yo

     We’re screwed! He heard me! And he’s been lame all his life!

   • 2006 November 7, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)百(ひゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)八(はち)訓(くん)　運(うん)に身(み)分(ぶん)は関(かん)係(けい)ない [Lesson 128: Luck Has Nothing to Do with Social Status]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     ヤベーよ　二(に)週(しゅう)連(れん)続(ぞく)モザイクトーン使(し)用(よう)だよ　ネタ切(ぎ)れだと思(おも)われるよ　しかも　将(しょう)軍(ぐん)あっちの方(ほう)は将(しょう)軍(ぐん)じゃねーよ　足(あし)軽(がる)だよ

     Yabē yo Nishū renzoku mozaiku tōn shiyō da yo Netagire da to omowareru yo Shikamo shōgun atchi no hō wa shōgun ja nē yo Ashigaru da yo

     We’re screwed! We’ve been using pixelated imagery two weeks in a row now! People will think we’re running out of ideas! And his bit down there is barely a shōgun! More like a foot soldier!

     将(しょう)軍(ぐん)家(け)は代(だい)々(だい)あっちの方(ほう)は足(あし)軽(がる)だ

     Shōgunke wa daidai atchi no hō wa ashigaru da

     For generations of the shōgun clan, our bits down there have always been foot soldiers

     ヤベーよ　きこえてたよ　もう確(かく)実(じつ)に打(う)ち首(くび)獄(ごく)門(もん)だよ

     Yabē yo Kikoeteta yo Mō kakujitsu ni uchi kubi gokumon da yo

     We’re screwed! He heard me again! Our heads are gonna be put on display!

   • 2010 December 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)三(さん)百(ひゃく)二(に)十(じゅう)二(に)訓(くん)　二(に)度(ど)あることは三(さん)度(ど)ある [Lesson 322: Twice, Thrice That There Are]”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) [Silver Soul], volume 37 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:

     将(しょう)軍(ぐん)家(け)は代(だい)々(だい)水(すい)練(れん)の時(とき)も　もっさりブリーフ派(は)だ

     Shōgunke wa daidai suiren no toki mo mossari burīfu-ha da

     For generations of the shōgun clan, when it comes time for swimming, we’ve always been fans of lame briefs

• daidai is a more common pronunciation than yoyo.
• 代代 and 代々 are both commonly used, and more so than 世世 and 世々.

• 代(だい)代(だい)伝(つた)わる (daidai tsutawaru, “be transmitted from generation to generation”)
• 親(おや)代(だい)代(だい) (oyadaidai, “inheritance”)
• 先(せん)祖(ぞ)代(だい)代(だい) (senzo daidai, “ancestral; hereditary”)

代代 • (daedae) (hangeul 대대)

1. hanja form^? of 대대 (“generation after generation”)

代代 • (daedae) (hangeul 대대)

1. hanja form^? of 대대 (“from generation to generation; down through the generations”)