Sunday, August 26, 2018

vocabulary - Fun with synonyms - "eternity"


What are the differences among the following two-kanji words that seem to mean "eternity":



  • 永遠 {えいえん}

  • 永久 {とわ}

  • 永世 {えいせい}

  • 永代 {えいたい}

  • 永劫 {えいごう}

  • 永永 {えいえい}


  • 久遠 {きゅうえん}

  • 悠久 {ゆうきゅう}

  • 恒久 {こうきゅう}

  • 恒常 {こうじょう}

  • 長久 {ちょうきゅう}

  • 無窮 {むきゅう}


Please include any other related words (preferably two-kanji only) but please exclude those that make use of period of a lifetime like 一生, 末代 etc, or big number of years/era like 千代, 万古 etc.


p/s: I noticed that the first two 永遠 and 永久 are the most commonly used; is it true and why them instead of the others?




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