How to say "sequel" in Japanese

• 続編ぞくへんCommon
  nounA work that continues the story of an earlier one as a separate installment, such as a sequel film or novel. This is the most direct word for 'sequel' in that sense.
• 続きつづきJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe continuation or rest of a story already in progress — what comes next, rather than a separate later work. Common in ordinary speech, e.g. asking for the rest of a story.
• 後編こうへんCommon
  nounThe second part of a story or work split into two installments, paired with 前編 (the first part). It refers to the concluding half of one work, not an independent sequel.

Use 続編 for a separate later work continuing a story, 「続き」 for the remaining part of the same story, and 後編 for the second half of a two-part work.

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• 続編ぞくへんsequel
• 続きつづきcontinuation
• 続ぞくsequel
• 後日談ごじつだんsequel
• 続稿ぞっこうsequel
• 後日物語ごじつものがたりsequel
• 後日譚ごじつたんsequel
• 姉妹編しまいへんcompanion (sister) volume (to)
• 次回作じかいさくnext work (film, book, etc.)
• 後編こうへんsequel