えいきゅう
Meanings
Adjective (な)
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. eternity; permanence; perpetuity
とわ tends to be more abstract
Noun
2. Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
when read as "えいきゅう"
Pitch accent
いきゅう
Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
perpetual motion machine; perpetual motion engine; perpetuum mobile
marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
permanence; forever unchanging
Examples (17 in total)
I want to live forever.
Have you given up smoking for good and all?
He left Japan for good.
And history was changed forever.
Everybody wants permanent peace.
He left Africa forever.
I have given up smoking for good and all.
Fossil fuels won't be available forever.
Chaplin left America for good.
Has Bob left the company for good this time?
He says he is leaving the country for good.
I'll never forget this incident.
He had returned to England forever.
Has John returned to America for good?
He has gone back to California for good.
Man cannot live forever.
Every time a species dies out, we lose forever a part of our natural world.