How to say "series" in Japanese
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- nounThe loanword for a set of related items presented one after another — books, television programmes, films, sporting fixtures or product lines. Usually the safest choice for this sense of 'series'.
- 連続れんぞくnoun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbAn unbroken succession of things following one after another. It stresses continuity rather than the relatedness of the items, so it suits runs of events more than sets of works or products.
- 系列けいれつnounA line or system of related things, stressing the connection or lineage linking them, as in affiliated business groupings; not the word for a run of books or broadcasts.
- 一連いちれんno-adjectiveA connected series or chain of related things viewed as a whole, typically events, incidents or actions forming one sequence. Close to English 'a series of'.
- 直列ちょくれつno-adjectiveStrictly the electrical sense: components arranged one after another in a circuit so that current passes through each in turn. Never used for books, shows or events.
Use 「シリーズ」 for a set of related books, shows or products, 連続 for an unbroken succession, 系列 for a line or system of related things, 一連 for a connected run of events, and 直列 only for electrical circuits.
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Japanese equivalents
- シリーズseries
- 連続れんぞくcontinuation
- 系列けいれつseries
- 一連いちれんseries
- 直列ちょくれつseries (e.g. electrical)
- 連鎖れんさchain
- 連発れんぱつoccurring in succession
- 立て続けたてつづけsuccession
- 叢書そうしょseries (of publications)
- 続発ぞくはつsuccessive occurrence
- セリーseries
- 級数きゅうすうseries
- 連なりつらなりseries (of something)
- シリーズものseries (of films, books, etc.)
- 続き物つづきものserial (story)
- 一続きひとつづきchain (of)
- 音列おんれつtone row
- 続きつづきsuccession (of)
- 連作れんさくseries (of novels)
- 立て付けたてつけsuccession
- 列れつseries (taxonomic rank)
- 系けい(taxonomical) series
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