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Over the course of A (continuous action); Throughout A
A is a time period or group of things (e.g. countries, subjects, etc.)
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           30           
Mother collected these paintings for over 30 years.
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           10                 
That university's baseball team continued to win for 10 years.
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India was governed by Great Britain for many years.
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           こう              
There'll be quite a lot of scenes like this in the next few programs.
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Grammar usage notes

for; over; extending; stretching; ranging; covering

にわって・にわたる: a compound particle indicating that something takes place over a particular span of time or physical space

Example 1:
1ヶにわたって for one month (or over a period of one month)

Example 2:
にわたって over the entire Tokai region

(DAJG p.447-448)
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SkyLynx
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マイコー
Level: 311
Thanks for the additional information! I've gone ahead and expanded the definition/usages somewhat. Please reply back if you feel it's not yet perfect :)
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15 years ago
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mireille
Level: 1
There's a spam message by kamawazu under User sentences. :)
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14 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 311
Removed, thanks!
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14 years ago
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berndbausch
Level: 1
[b][color=blue]A[/color][/b] can also be space or a figurative space, such as "domain".
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12 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 311
Do you have a specific Japanese example?
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12 years ago


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