Word details

にわたって

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word にわたって.

Dictionary

Entry

にわたってに渡ってに亘ってExpressionUsually kanaFreq #7580
1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

Examples
そして、だからこそ、ほぼ百年にわたって、従業員はだれでも雇用者のところに行って、現金による賃金支給を要求できるようになったのです。
And that's why for almost a hundred years, any employee has been able to go to his employer and insist on being paid in cash.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate

12 strokesFrequency 446JLPT N2Grade 8

On

Kun

わた.る-わた.るわた.す

Nanori

たりわたなわたらわたり

span, range, extend over

6 strokesFrequency 1,728JLPT N1Grade 9

On

コウカンセン

Kun

わた.るもと.める

Nanori

のぶとうるわたるひさし

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