永遠(えいえん)に

えいえんに
adverb
forever; eternally; for all time
time
1. forever; eternally; for all time
Indicates something continuing without end. Used for genuine permanence, emotional emphasis, or hyperbolic expressions of a very long duration.
永遠(えいえん)に忘(わす)れない。
I will never forget.
この瞬間(しゅんかん)が永遠(えいえん)に続(つづ)けばいいのに。
I wish this moment would last forever.
戦争(せんそう)で失(うしな)われた命(いのち)は永遠(えいえん)に戻(もど)らない。
Lives lost in war will never come back.
この会議(かいぎ)は永遠(えいえん)に終(お)わらないんじゃないかと思(おも)った。
I thought this meeting would never end.

Adverbial form of 永遠(えいえん) (eternity) + に. Used both literally (genuine permanence) and hyperbolically (feels like it will never end). Very common in emotional, poetic, and everyday contexts.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • いつまでも: forever; indefinitely — warmer and more colloquial, often used for wishes and hopes
  • 永久(えいきゅう)に: permanently; perpetually — more formal and factual, emphasizes official or physical permanence
  • ずっと: always; the whole time — emphasizes continuous duration from a point in time, less absolute than 永遠(えいえん)に

Related Words

Compare: いつまでも (forever)
Compare: 永久(えいきゅう)に (permanently)
Compare: ずっと (always)
Compare: 延々(えんえん) (endlessly)
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Added 2026.5.8 20:14 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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