How to say "indefinitely" in Japanese
- adverbCovers 'indefinitely' as 'forever, for good, as long as one likes' — a duration with no set end. This is the common word, as in staying somewhere as long as one likes or waiting forever.
- expressionA less common doubled form of いつまでも, glossed 'indefinitely; for a long time'. For the 'forever, for good' sense of 'indefinitely', いつまでも is the common word.
For 'indefinitely' as 'forever, for good, as long as one likes', use the common 「いつまでも」; 「いついつまでも」, a less common doubled form, covers the 'for a long time' sense.
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