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子々孫々 (ししそんそん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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noun
descendants ; posterity ; future generations
yojijukugo (four-character idiom)
A yojijukugo (four-character compound) referring to one's descendants in perpetuity, often used in formal or literary contexts to emphasize the continuation of a family line or legacy.
Keep this teaching for all your descendants to come.
Kanji 子 child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM Similar words 子し 孫そん 子孫 is the common word for 'descendants' or 'offspring', while 子々孫々 is a more emphatic, formal yojijukugo emphasizing the unbroken line of descendants.
末まつ 代だい 末代 means 'future generations' or 'posterity' but often carries a nuance of 'forever' or 'eternity', sometimes used in curses or blessings.
Etymology A yojijukugo composed of reduplicated characters: 子 (child) and 孫 (grandchild), literally 'children and grandchildren', extended to mean all descendants. The exact origin is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern of emphatic reduplication in classical Chinese.
