Learn Japanese Grammar ~ ni watatte (~ にわたって)

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Learn Japanese Grammar ~ ni watatte (~ にわたって)

Japanese Grammar ~ ni watatte (~ にわたって) has meaning "throughout ; over a period of".

Formation [接続]

Noun + にわたって/にわたり/にわたる/にわたった

例文

わたしの家は三代にわたってその大学を卒業していた。

Watashi no ie wa sandai ni watatte sono daigaku o sotsugyou shite ita.

Three generations of my family went to that college.

私は数十年にわたってこのメッセージの解読を試みてきた。

Watashi wa suujuu nen ni watatte kono messeeji no kaidoku o kokoromite kita.

I have spent decades trying to uncover the meaning of this message.

この巨大な保険会社は二百年にわたって発展を続けてきた。

Kono kyodai na hoken gaisha wa nihyaku nen ni watatte hatten o tsuzukete kita.

This great insurance firm has been going strong for two hundred years.

私は長年にわたり、結婚生活に問題を抱えている夫婦の相談にのってきた。

Watashi wa naganen ni watari, kekkon seikatsu ni mondai o kakaete iru fuufu no soudan ni notte kita.

Over the years, I have been involved in working with many troubled marriages.

この研究は十年にわたって、続けてきた。

Kono kenkyū wa jū-nen ni watatte, tsudzukete kita.

This research has been going on for ten years.

彼は数回にわたって、日本を訪れた。

Kare wa sū-kai ni watatte, Nihon o otozureta.

He visited Japan several times.

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