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八千代 (やちよ, yachiyo) Japanese meaning: eternity | Kotomora
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石いし
の
巌いわお
と
なり
て
苔こけ
の
むす
まで
。
May your reign last for a thousand, nay, eight thousand generations, until pebbles grow into boulders and moss covers them.
Kanji 八 eight, eight radical (no. 12) 代 substitute, change, convert Related words 永遠 is the standard modern word for eternity, while 八千代 is a poetic, classical term used mainly in wishes for long life or traditional verse.
千代 also means 'a thousand years/eternity' and appears far more often in poetry and personal names than the rarer 八千代.
Etymology From 八 (eight) + 千 (thousand) + 代 (generation/age), literally 'eight thousand generations', used hyperbolically to mean an immeasurably long time.
