How to say "successive" in Japanese

• 続けざまつづけざま
  na-adjective, no-adjectiveCovers the back-to-back sense: actions or events occurring one right after another with no pause between them, stressing the quick, uninterrupted run from one occurrence to the next.
  彼かれは続つづけざまに五ご時間じかん以上いじょう働はたらかされた。↗

  He was forced to work more than five hours on end.
• 累次るいじ
  noun, adverbAn uncommon word pointing to the repeated side of 'successive' — occurrences happening time after time. It stresses repetition rather than an unbroken run, so it is seldom the natural choice for plain 'successive'.
• 連続的れんぞくてき
  na-adjectiveTakes the continuous, consecutive sense: it describes something as an unbroken sequence or stretch, where each part follows directly from the previous one without interruption.
• 逐次的ちくじてき
  na-adjectiveCovers the sequential sense: things done one at a time in order, each step following the previous one; typical of processes or procedures that advance step by step.
• 経時けいじ
  no-adjectiveBelongs to the narrower over-time sense — chronological, age-related: observations or changes tracked across time. For general 'successive' it is only a marginal choice.

Choose 「続けざま」 for back-to-back events, 連続的 for continuous unbroken runs, and 逐次的 for step-by-step sequences, while 累次 stresses repetition and 経時 is confined to chronological, over-time contexts.

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

• 続けざまつづけざまsuccessive
• 累次るいじsuccessive
• 連続的れんぞくてきconsecutive
• 逐次的ちくじてきsequential
• 経時けいじchronological