How to say "continuously" in Japanese

• ずっとJLPT N3approx.Common
  adverbCovers 'continuously' as 'the whole time' or 'all the way': a state or activity that lasts across a whole period. Typical for something holding throughout, like waiting the whole day.
  ６時じからずっと待まっているのだが、僕ぼくの番ばんがまだ来こない。↗

  I've been waiting since six o'clock and still my turn hasn't come.
• 始終しじゅうJLPT N2approx.Common
  adverb, nounMeans 'continuously' as 'from beginning to end' or 'from first to last': it presents something as running through the whole period concerned, start to finish. Typical when you want to stress that full span.
  私は始終しじゅうあなたのことを考かんがえています。↗

  You are in my thoughts at all times.
• 延々えんえんCommon
  adverb (with と), taru-adjectiveMeans 'continuously' in the sense of 'endlessly' or 'on and on': something stretches on and on, seemingly without end. Typical for a talk, queue, or road that seems to go on forever.
  彼かれのスピーチは延々えんえんと続つづいた。↗

  His speech went on and on.
• 引き続きひきつづきCommon
  adverb, nounMeans 'continuously' or 'continually' as 'without a break': something already under way simply carries on, with no interruption. Typical when a state, service, or activity continues from before.
  引き続ひきつづき努力どりょくいたします。↗

  I will continue with my efforts.

Use 「ずっと」 for something lasting the whole time or all the way, 始終 for what runs from beginning to end, 延々 for what goes on and on endlessly, and 「引き続き」 for continuing without a break.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• ずっとcontinuously
• 始終しじゅうcontinuously
• 延々えんえんendlessly
• 引き続きひきつづきcontinuously
• 間断なくかんだんなくcontinuously
• ひっきりなしにcontinuously
• 引きも切らずひきもきらずincessantly
• 続けてつづけてsuccessively
• びっちりwithout gaps
• どんどんcontinuously
• じゃんじゃんcontinuously
• っきりcontinuously
• じゃかじゃかincessantly
• っぱなし(doing) continuously
• はなし(doing) continuously
• っぱ(doing) continuously
• きりcontinuously