立たて続つづけ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun

in succession; one after another; consecutively

Describes events or actions happening repeatedly without pause. Typically used adverbially as 立て続けに.

立たて続つづけに質しつ問もんされて、答こたえる暇ひまがなかった。
I was asked questions one after another and had no time to answer.
彼かれは立たて続つづけに3本ぼんのホームランを打うった。
He hit three home runs in succession.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が立たて続つづけに起おこるfor incidents to happen one right after another
今こん週しゅうは事じ故こが立たて続つづけに起おこった。
This week, accidents happened one after another.
立たて続つづけに〈動どう詞し〉to do something repeatedly without pause
彼かれは立たて続つづけに三みっつの質しつ問もんをした。
He asked three questions in rapid succession.
〈物もの〉を立たて続つづけに飲のむto drink something one after another without stopping
彼かれはビールを立たて続つづけに三さん杯ばい飲のんだ。
He drank three beers one after another.

Kanji

立stand up, rise, set up
続continue, series, sequel

Related words

連れん続ぞくN3
連続 is a formal, technical term for 'continuation/series', while 立て続け stresses a rapid, uninterrupted string of events in everyday speech.
次つぎ々つぎN3
次々 means 'one after another' in a general, sometimes leisurely sense, whereas 立て続け implies a tighter, more relentless pace with little or no gap.
相あい次つぐN2
相次ぐ is a verb meaning 'to occur one after another' (often of misfortunes), while 立て続け is a noun/adverb used as 立て続けに for the same idea.

Built from

立たてる+続つづける

Written forms

立たて続つづけUsage60%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
たてつづけUsage19%
たて続つづけUsage14%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form; not a standard spelling.
立たてつづけUsage7%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form with kana つづけ; not a standard spelling.

Etymology

Compound of 立て (tate, 'standing, starting') + 続け (tsuzuke, 'continuation'), literally 'continuing as soon as one stands/starts'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from its components.