し続ける・為続ける|しつづけるshitsuzukeru
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Which spelling to use
し続けるし続ける is the more common kanji-and-kana form and the one beginners should normally choose when writing this expression.
為続ける為続ける is a less common kanji-and-kana form of the same expression. It is useful to recognize as an alternative written form.
Definitions
- ichidan verb, transitive verbto continue to do; to persist in doing
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | し続ける（しつづける） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | し続けます（しつづけます） |
| Negative (nai) | し続けない（しつづけない） |
| polite (masen) | し続けません（しつづけません） |
| classical zu / nu | し続けず・し続けぬ（しつづけず・しつづけぬ） |
| Past (ta) | し続けた（しつづけた） |
| polite (mashita) | し続けました（しつづけました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | し続けなかった（しつづけなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | し続けませんでした（しつづけませんでした） |
| Te form | し続けて（しつづけて） |
| Potential | し続けられる（しつづけられる） |
| Passive | し続けられる（しつづけられる） |
| Causative | し続けさせる（しつづけさせる） |
| Causative passive | し続けさせられる（しつづけさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | し続ければ（しつづければ） |
| tara | し続けたら（しつづけたら） |
| Volitional | し続けよう（しつづけよう） |
| polite (mashou) | し続けましょう（しつづけましょう） |
| Imperative | し続けろ（しつづけろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym続けるつづけるNeutralThe basic verb: it stands alone and is the base of 「〜続ける」. 「し続ける」 specifically means to keep doing something.
- Synonym持続じぞくNeutralA noun for a state lasting over time, as in 「効果が持続する」; the focus is on something being maintained.
- Synonym続行ぞっこうWrittenWritten/formal prose: carrying on after an interruption or as planned, as in 「試合を続行」; typical of news and official notices.
- Synonym継続けいぞくWrittenLeans written/formal: keeping something going unbroken, often with contracts or systems, as in 「契約を継続する」.
- Relatedぶっ続けるCasualColloquial and emphatic: doing something nonstop with no break, as in 「ぶっ続けで働く」.
- Related打っ続けるCasualAn alternative spelling of 「ぶっ続ける」; colloquial, stressing that something goes on without a single pause.
- AntonymやめるNeutralThe opposite: stopping or giving up an activity, against 「し続ける」's sense of persisting in doing it.
- Antonym中断するNeutralThe opposite: breaking off partway through, against 「し続ける」's continuing without a stop.
To say you keep doing something, use 「し続ける」, as in 「努力し続ける」; in formal contexts use 「継続する」, and for a match or similar going on as planned, use 「続行」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
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