続つづき

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to what comes after an interrupted or previous part, especially the rest of a story, work, conversation, or serialized piece.

Used for how well parts of a text or story connect and proceed; often evaluated as natural, smooth, poor, or awkward.

succession of; series of; stretch; streak

Suffix-like use after nouns or verbal nouns to mean that the same kind of event or condition has continued for a while, as in 雨続き or 残業続き.

〈物もの〉の続つづきを読よむto keep reading the rest of (a book/story)
気きになったので、本ほんの続つづきを読よんだ。
I was curious, so I kept reading the rest of the book.
〈事こと〉の続つづきがいいthe flow/continuity of a story or piece is good
この小しょう説せつは場ば面めんの続つづきがいい。
This novel flows smoothly from one scene to the next.
〈事こと〉続つづきだto have a series/streak of (something, often unwelcome)
最さい近きんは残ざん業ぎょう続つづきで疲つかれている。
I've been overworked lately, with a streak of overtime.
〈事こと〉の続つづきを話はなすto continue talking about something (from where it was left off)
電でん話わが切きれる前まえに、話はなしの続つづきを話はなした。
Before the call cut off, I continued talking about where we'd left off.

継けい続ぞくN2sense 1
継続 is a formal noun for continuing or maintaining something over time, while 続き usually refers to the next part or remainder of something.
続ぞく編へん sense 1
続編 specifically means a sequel to a work, whereas 続き can mean the rest, continuation, or next installment more broadly.
連れん続ぞくN3sense 3
連続 emphasizes things happening consecutively without break, while 続き (as in 雨続き) describes a spell or streak of the same condition.

終おわりN5sense 1
終わり means the end of something, the opposite of 続き, which is what comes next or continues after.

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続つづきUsage84%
Standard common kanji spelling for this noun and suffix; the reading is つづき.
つづきUsage16%

Derived as a noun form from the verb 続く, meaning 'to continue.' The kanji 続 is conventionally associated with continuation.