I Love Kanji永遠 (eien)
永遠 (えいえん, eien) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “eternity; perpetuity”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- えいえん
- Romaji
- eien
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality · noun, noun taking の, な-adjective
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 永遠
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 永遠だ | えいえんだ eienda |
| Present (polite) | 永遠です | えいえんです eiendesu |
| Negative | 永遠じゃない | えいえんじゃない eienjanai |
| Past | 永遠だった | えいえんだった eiendatta |
| Negative past | 永遠じゃなかった | えいえんじゃなかった eienjanakatta |
| Te-form | 永遠で | えいえんで eiende |
| Before a noun | 永遠な | えいえんな eienna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 永遠に | えいえんに eienni |
Kanji in 永遠
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 永遠.
永久えいきゅうeternity遠いとおいfar遠慮えんりょreserve遠くとおくfar away遠足えんそくschool trip望遠鏡ぼうえんきょうtelescope遠方えんぽうdistant place遠ざかるとおざかるto go away待ち遠しいまちどおしいlonged-for遠回りとおまわりdetour
Source: JMdict entry 1174070 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.