How to say "continuous" in Japanese

• 継続的けいぞくてきCommon
  na-adjectiveCovers 'continuous' for an action or state that keeps going over time — ongoing effort, support, or improvement. It stresses that something continues, rather than forming an unbroken sequence of separate events.
  科学的かがくてき研究けんきゅうは機械的きかいてきな決きまりきった仕事しごとではなく、科学者かがくしゃの側がわの継続的けいぞくてきな努力どりょくである。↗

  Scientific research is not a mechanical routine, but a continuing struggle on the part of the scientist.
• 持続的じぞくてきCommon
  na-adjectiveCovers 'continuous' in the sense of something sustained or maintained over a long period. It also means 'sustainable' and 'durable', so it often carries a nuance of long-term endurance rather than moment-to-moment continuity.
• 連続れんぞくJLPT N3approx.Common
  na-adjective, nounCovers 'continuous' as an unbroken sequence — things happening one after another with no gap. It is the word for consecutive or serial continuity, treating the run of events as a single whole.
• 常時じょうじCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers 'continuous' in the sense of constant, always-on availability — operation or care that runs around the clock. It describes something being in effect at all times rather than an activity continuing over a period.

Choose 継続的 for an activity that keeps going over time, 持続的 for something sustained or maintained long-term, 連続 for an unbroken sequence of things one after another, and 常時 for constant, always-on availability.

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• 継続的けいぞくてきcontinuous
• 持続的じぞくてきcontinuous
• 脈々みゃくみゃくcontinuous
• ぶっ通しぶっとおしcontinuous
• ぶっ続けぶっつづけcontinuous
• ひっきりなしcontinuous
• 連々れんれんcontinuous
• 連綿れんめんunbroken
• 綿々めんめんunbroken
• 絶え間ないたえまないincessant
• 連続的れんぞくてきconsecutive
• 引きも切らないひきもきらないincessant
• 無段階むだんかいstepless
• 絶えざるたえざるconstant
• 連続れんぞくcontinuous
• 常時じょうじcontinuous
• 縷々るるunceasing
• 無段むだんstepless