never ceasing; never ending; endless
Fixed expression meaning that something (often negative events, visitors, or problems) continues without stopping. Used in formal and written contexts.
Traffic accidents never cease, and countermeasures are being called for.
His shop has an endless stream of customers and is always bustling.
Kana spelling is sometimes used for clarity or in informal writing.
A fixed expression composed of 後 (あと, 'after' or 'trace') + を (object marker) + 絶たず (たたず, negative continuative form of 絶つ 'to cut off'). Literally 'without cutting off the trace', it came to mean that something continues without ceasing.