adverb, noun, takes genitive case の

  1. for generations, from generation to generation, generation after generation, through the ages.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
代々 よよ
世々 よよ
代代 よよ
世世 よよ

Contained Kanji Breakdown

substitute, change, convert
ダイ か.わる よ (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
repeated kanji symbol