How to say "consecutive" in Japanese

• 連続的れんぞくてき
  na-adjectiveCovers 'consecutive' as an unbroken, continuous stretch: successive events with no gap between them. Typical when describing a continuous run of days or a process that goes on without interruption.
• ぶっ通しぶっとおし
  no-adjectiveFor 'consecutive' this is really the nonstop sense: something kept up straight through without a break. Typical context is an activity or stretch of time that continues nonstop, with no pause for rest.
  販売はんばい係かかりの職員しょくいんは全部ぜんぶ一いち週間しゅうかん昼夜ちゅうやぶっ通とおしで働はたらいた。↗

  The entire sales staff has worked around the clock for a week.
• 続けざまつづけざま
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveCovers 'consecutive' in the back-to-back sense: discrete actions or events occurring one immediately after another. Typical context is several things done in succession, with no pause between them.
  彼かれは続つづけざまに五ご時間じかん以上いじょう働はたらかされた。↗

  He was forced to work more than five hours on end.

Use 連続的 for an unbroken, continuous stretch, 「ぶっ通し」 for something done nonstop straight through without a pause, and 「続けざま」 for discrete events happening back-to-back, one immediately after another.

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• 連続的れんぞくてきconsecutive
• ぶっ通しぶっとおしcontinuous
• 続けざまつづけざまsuccessive