立て続け|たてつづけtatetsuzuke[0]heiban (flat)

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Definitions
  1. nounsuccession; continuation; series; sequenceusu. adverbially as 〜に
    三みっ日間かかん立て続たてつづけに雨あめが降ふっている。↗
    It has been raining for three days on end.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym連続れんぞくNeutralContinuous or consecutive, as in 「三日連続」; common in both everyday speech and writing.
  • Synonym引き続きひきつづきNeutralContinuing or coming next, as in 「引き続きよろしく」; stresses carrying on from before.
  • Synonym続けざまつづけざまNeutralDoing or happening one after another, as in 「続けざまに質問する」; close to 「立て続け」 and often interchangeable.
  • Related一連いちれんNeutralA series or string of related things, as in 「一連の事件」; stresses the items being connected.
  • Relatedぶっ続けぶっつづけCasualColloquial for continuing nonstop, as in 「三日ぶっ続け」; stresses going without rest.
  • Related一続きひとつづきNeutralThings forming one unbroken string; stresses being connected into a single continuous whole.
  • Related累次るいじWrittenWritten/formal prose and fairly rare; stresses repeated many times rather than one thing right after another.
  • Relatedぶっ通しぶっとおしCasualColloquial for going nonstop, from a few hours to all night, and also for removing partitions to join rooms; stresses no break midway.
  • Antonym断続だんぞくNeutralAntonym: on and off, stopping and starting; the opposite of one thing after another.
  • Antonym間欠かんけつNeutralAntonym: intermittent, occurring on and off at intervals; the opposite of unbroken succession.

Use 「立て続け」, usually as 「立て続けに」, for things happening one after another. 「続けざま」 is a near-synonym and often interchangeable; 「ぶっ続け」 stresses going without rest; 「連続」 is the usual choice for counting days or times; the antonym is 「断続」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. ひきも切きらず次々つぎつぎと続つづくこと。また、そのような事柄ことがらや状態じょうたい。
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