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悠久 [spec2,news2,nf31]
ゆうきゅう [spec2,news2,nf31]
1. [adj-no,adj-na,n]
▶ eternal
▶ everlasting
▶ perpetual
▶ immemorial



History:
3. A 2024-07-22 00:22:43  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs:「―な(の)大自然」
gg5: ~の[な] eternal; everlasting; perpetual; permanent.
  Comments:
It's 形動 in all the kokugos.
"everlasting" is rarely written with a hyphen.
  Diff:
@@ -17,0 +18 @@
+<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
@@ -19,0 +21 @@
+<gloss>everlasting</gloss>
@@ -21 +22,0 @@
-<gloss>ever-lasting</gloss>
2. A 2024-07-20 20:17:28  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Don't need both.
  Diff:
@@ -18 +17,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-na;</pos>
1. A* 2024-07-20 16:30:05  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
gg5

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬─────────╮
│ 悠久    │ 293,699 │
│ 悠久の   │ 208,314 │ - Mostly used as 〜の
│ 悠久な   │   4,197 │
│ 悠久に   │   2,610 │
│ 悠久と   │   2,209 │
│ 悠久を   │   1,803 │
│ 悠久たる  │   1,151 │
│ 悠久は   │     676 │
│ 悠久さ   │     479 │
│ 悠久が   │     250 │
╰─ーーーーー─┴─────────╯
  Comments:
Adjectival glosses
  Diff:
@@ -16,0 +17 @@
+<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -18 +18,0 @@
-<pos>&adj-no;</pos>
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@
-<gloss>eternity</gloss>
-<gloss>perpetuity</gloss>
-<gloss>permanence</gloss>
+<gloss>eternal</gloss>
+<gloss>perpetual</gloss>
+<gloss>ever-lasting</gloss>
+<gloss>immemorial</gloss>

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