引き続き・引続き|ひきつづきhikitsuzuki[0]heiban (flat)

1. adverb, nouncontinuously; continually; without a break
   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.
2. adverb, nounnext; then; after that

• Synonym連続れんぞくNeutralRefers to things happening one after another without a break, as in 「連続ドラマ」; 「引き続き」 is mostly an adverb meaning to continue or follow on.
• Synonym立て続けたてつづけCasualColloquial; describes things happening in rapid succession, as in 「立て続けに起こる」; 「引き続き」 is about continuing without interruption.
• Synonym継続けいぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose; means carrying something on, continuing an activity; 「引き続き」 is mostly an adverb, as in 「引き続きよろしく」.
• Synonym持続じぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose; a state lasting over a long time; 「引き続き」 leans toward the continuation of an action.
• Synonym続けざまつづけざまCasualColloquial; doing the same thing one after another in a row; 「引き続き」 leans toward continuing the same state.
• Synonymぶっ続けぶっつづけCasualColloquial; going on continuously without a break or rest; 「引き続き」 does not stress the absence of breaks.
• Related存続そんぞくWrittenWritten/formal prose; organizations, systems, cultures etc. continuing to exist; 「引き続き」 is an adverb meaning next or continuing.
• Related一連いちれんWrittenWritten/formal prose; a series of related things, as in 「一連の事件」; 「引き続き」 is about continuing.
• Related累次るいじWrittenWritten/formal prose; repeated over and over, time after time; 「引き続き」 is unbroken continuity.
• Related継続性けいぞくせいWrittenWritten/formal prose; the property of being sustained or continuing; 「引き続き」 is an adverb.
• Related一続きひとつづきNeutralA connected run or series, as in 「ひと続きの部屋」; 「引き続き」 is an adverb meaning to continue.
• Related連続性れんぞくせいWrittenWritten/formal prose; continuity, used in mathematics, policy, narrative and the like; 「引き続き」 is an adverb.
• Antonym中断ちゅうだんNeutralStopping partway through; the opposite of 「引き続き」.
• Antonym途切れとぎれNeutralA break or gap; the opposite of the unbroken continuity of 「引き続き」.

Use 「引き続き」 for the adverb sense of continuing on or coming next, as in 「引き続きよろしくお願いします」. For unbroken succession pick 「連続」, for one thing after another 「立て続け」, and for carrying an activity on 「継続」; the opposite is 「中断」.

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1. それまで行おこなわれていたことを、区切くぎりの前後ぜんごで切れ目きれめなく続つづけること。