How to say "continuity" in Japanese
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- nounA loanword covering continuity, especially in film and television, where it refers to consistency of details between shots or scenes. Suitable when writing or speaking about movie production jargon.
- 継続性けいぞくせいnounContinuity or continuance in the sense of something continuing or being sustained over time, such as a policy, service, or activity. It emphasizes persistence and duration rather than unbroken connectedness.
- 連続性れんぞくせいnounContinuity as unbrokenness or connectedness: the quality of forming an uninterrupted sequence or flow. Used for things like a continuous line of reasoning, spatial continuity, or seamless transitions between elements.
- 導通どうつうnounPrimarily means electrical conduction, and 'continuity' here is the technical circuit-testing sense: whether current passes through a path. This is seldom the word for general continuity; it belongs to electronics contexts.
- 撮影台本さつえいだいほんnounLiterally a shooting script for film or television; 'continuity' here is the industry term for that document detailing shots and scenes. Use it only for this concrete, production-related meaning, not abstract continuity.
Use 継続性 for continuation over time, 連続性 for unbroken connectedness, 「コンティニュイティ」 in film/media talk, 撮影台本 for the script sense, and 導通 for electrical conduction.
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