延々

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
延 延
えん
Grade: 6 		えん
Grade: 6
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
延延

Pronunciation

Adjective

延(えん)々(えん) • (en'en) ←えんえん (en'en)?†-tari (adnominal 延(えん)々(えん)とした (en'en to shita) or 延(えん)々(えん)たる (en'en taru), adverbial 延(えん)々(えん)と (en'en to) or 延(えん)々(えん)として (en'en to shite))

  1. lasting for a very long time

Inflection

Classical conjugation of "延々たり" (タリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 延々たら えんえんたら en'entara
Continuative (連用形) 延々と
延々たり		 えんえんと
えんえんたり		 en'ento
en'entari
Terminal (終止形) 延々たり えんえんたり en'entari
Attributive (連体形) 延々たる えんえんたる en'entaru
Realis (已然形) 延々たれ えんえんたれ en'entare
Imperative (命令形) 延々たれ えんえんたれ en'entare
Key constructions
Negative 延々たらず えんえんたらず en'entarazu
Contrasting conjunction 延々たれど えんえんたれど en'entaredo
Causal conjunction 延々たれば えんえんたれば en'entareba
Conditional conjunction 延々たらば えんえんたらば en'entaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 延々たりき えんえんたりき en'entariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 延々たりけり えんえんたりけり en'entarikeri
Adverbial 延々と えんえんと en'ento
Without auxiliary verb.
With auxiliary verb.

Adverb

延(えん)々(えん) • (en'en) ←えんえん (en'en)?

  1. on and on

Usage notes

Used with the particle と "-to".

References

  1. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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