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永 kanji
eternity, long, lengthy
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
エイ
Kun readings
ながい
Words with 永
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —寛永通宝copper coin (Edo period)
- —宝永小判hōei koban; koban coined during the Hōei period
- —宝永地震Hōei earthquake (1707)
- —宝永通宝hōei tsuhō; coin used during the Hōei period (ca. 1708)
- —永久保存permanent preservation; permanent repository; keeping something permanently; preservation in perpetuity
- —永久保管permanent storage (radioactives, data, etc.)
- —永垂不朽one's fame or achievements being passed down eternally
- —永久運動perpetual motion
- —永久就職marrying to become a housewife; permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
- —永久失格permanent disqualification; lifetime disqualification
- —永久凍結permanent suspension; permanent ban
- —永住許可permanent residence; permission for permanent residence
- —永楽大典Yongle Encyclopedia (Ming dynasty)
- —永世中立国permanently neutral country
- —永久革命論permanent revolution
- —特別永住者special permanent resident; foreign resident in Japan since before 1945 or the descendant of such a person (mainly Koreans)
- —永遠の生命eternal life
- —永遠の眠りeternal slumber; everlasting rest; death
- —永久保存版version for permanent preservation; version worth preserving forever; (must-have) collector's edition
- —永代使用料one-time fee for grave land rental