Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 連続する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 連れん 続ぞく する 連れん 続ぞく しない Polite 連れん 続ぞく します 連れん 続ぞく しません Past polite 連れん 続ぞく しました 連れん 続ぞく しませんでした Past 連れん 続ぞく した 連れん 続ぞく しなかった Te-form 連れん 続ぞく して 連れん 続ぞく しないで Desire 連れん 続ぞく したい 連れん 続ぞく したくない Potential 連れん 続ぞく できる 連れん 続ぞく できない Passive 連れん 続ぞく される 連れん 続ぞく されない Causative 連れん 続ぞく させる 連れん 続ぞく させない Causative passive 連れん 続ぞく させられる 連れん 続ぞく させられない Volitional 連れん 続ぞく しよう Polite volitional 連れん 続ぞく しましょう Imperative 連れん 続ぞく しろ 連れん 続ぞく するな Conditional 連れん 続ぞく すれば 連れん 続ぞく しなければ Tara conditional 連れん 続ぞく したら 連れん 続ぞく しなかったら
Usage patterns 〈 事こと 〉 が 連れん 続ぞく する for things to happen one after another
Earthquakes have been happening one after another in this region.
〈 数かず 〉 連れん 続ぞく で 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something a number of times in a row
It rained for three days in a row.
〈 事こと 〉 の 連れん 続ぞく だ to be a series of (something), one after another
Life is a series of challenges.
連れん 続ぞく して 〈 動どう 詞し 〉 to do something consecutively/in a row
He hit home runs three times in a row.
Kanji 続 continue, series, sequel Transitive / intransitive 連続 can be used both transitively and intransitively as a する-verb: intransitively, 「事故が連続する」(accidents occur one after another), and transitively in causative-like uses such as 「勝利を連続させる」(to make victories continue in succession).
Related words· 13 継続 emphasizes an ongoing state or activity being maintained over time, while 連続 focuses on discrete events or items occurring one right after another.
連鎖 implies a chain reaction where each event causes the next, whereas 連続 just means things happen consecutively without necessarily implying causation.
連発 is a more casual word for things happening one after another in quick succession (like jokes or shots), while 連続 is neutral and broadly applicable.
連続 refers to continuity or succession in general, while シリーズ specifically names a recognized set of related works, products, or events.
Show 9 more Show fewer 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.
連続 is a native Japanese word for 'continuous/consecutive' used broadly, while シリアル is the English loanword restricted mainly to technical contexts like serial numbers or serial data transmission.
連続 stresses that things happen one after another without interruption, while 一連 groups related events or items into a single bundled set (often as 一連の〜 ).
連続 is a broad term for any series or continuation, whereas 連打 specifically means repeated striking or hitting.
連続する is a more formal or technical term for occurring consecutively, while 相次ぐ is the more common word used in news and everyday descriptions of successive events.
連続 just means 'continuous' or 'consecutive' and applies to any repeated event, whereas 連載 is specific to publishing installments of a story or article.
連続 describes a series of repeated occurrences happening one after another, while ノンストップ describes a single unbroken action or trip without any pause.
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.
連続する stresses events happening one right after another without a gap, while 続く simply describes something continuing, with or without repetition.
Opposites 断続 describes things happening on and off with gaps, the opposite of 連続 , which means happening without interruption.
不連続 is the mathematical term for a function or set that has a break or gap, the direct opposite of 連続 in its technical sense.
連続 means an unbroken continuation with no pauses, the opposite of 区切り , which marks a break or division in something.
連続 means continuous or unbroken, the direct opposite of 飛び飛び , which describes something occurring with gaps or intervals.
Word family· 36 Show 6 more Show fewer continuing offense; continuing offence
consecutive; continuous; successive
continuous forms; continuous paper
discontinuous; non-continuous
uniform continuity
consecutive tournament victories
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Etymology Compound of 連 (ren, 'link, connect') and 続 (zoku, 'continue'). The combination naturally conveys an unbroken series or continuation.
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