JLPT N3 · な-adjective

永久 (eikyuu)

永久 (えいきゅう, eikyuu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “eternity; permanence”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: えいきゅう
Romaji: eikyuu
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

eternity; permanence; perpetuity · noun, な-adjective, noun taking の
Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3) · noun · hist

Example sentences

彼は永久に日本を離れた。

He left Japan for good.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 永久

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	永久だ	えいきゅうだ eikyuuda
Present (polite)	永久です	えいきゅうです eikyuudesu
Negative	永久じゃない	えいきゅうじゃない eikyuujanai
Past	永久だった	えいきゅうだった eikyuudatta
Negative past	永久じゃなかった	えいきゅうじゃなかった eikyuujanakatta
Te-form	永久で	えいきゅうで eikyuude
Before a noun	永久な	えいきゅうな eikyuuna
Adverb (~ni)	永久に	えいきゅうに eikyuuni

Kanji in 永久

永

eternity, long, lengthyエイ・なが.い · 5 strokes

久

long time, old storyキュウ・ク・ひさ.しい · 3 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 永久.

永遠えいえんeternity久しぶりひさしぶりa long time (since the last time)久しいひさしいlong (time that has passed)

Source: JMdict entry 1576520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.