続々・続続|ぞくぞくzokuzoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. adverb (with と)successively; one after another
   劇場げきじょうから続々ぞくぞくと人ひとが出でてきた。↗

   A stream of people came out of the theater.

• Synonym引きも切らずひきもきらずWrittenWritten/formal prose for a steady, unending stream — 「客が引きも切らず訪れる」; used mostly of visitors or orders.
• RelatedとめどなくNeutralNeutral: unceasing — 「涙がとめどなく流れる」; stresses that the flow cannot be stopped.
• RelatedしきりにNeutralNeutral: frequently, repeatedly — 「しきりに頷く」; stresses the same action being repeated.
• Related絶えずたえずNeutralNeutral: constantly, without interruption — 「絶えず努力する」; stresses unbroken continuation.
• Related絶え間なくたえまなくNeutralNeutral: without a pause — 「絶え間なく雨が降る」; stresses that no gap opens up.
• RelatedのべつまくなしCasualColloquial: chattering on and on, endlessly — 「のべつ幕なしに喋る」.
• Relatedぶっ続けぶっつづけCasualColloquial: doing something nonstop, in one go — 「十時間ぶっ続けで働く」.
• Related際限なくさいげんなくNeutralNeutral: endlessly, without limit — 「際限なく欲しがる」「際限なく広がる」.
• Related間断なくかんだんなくWrittenWritten/formal prose: without interruption — 「間断なく攻撃する」.
• RelatedのべつCasualColloquial: nonstop, all the time — 「のべつ文句を言う」; carries a nuance of dissatisfaction.
• Related連続的れんぞくてきNeutralNeutral na-adjective: continuous, successive — 「連続的な変化」; used mostly in expository writing.
• Antonym絶え間たえまNeutralNeutral noun for an interval or gap — 「雲の絶え間」; the opposite of 「続々」.
• Antonym途絶えとだえNeutralNeutral noun for a pause or interruption — the opposite of the unbroken succession of 「続々」.

Use 「続々」 for people or things appearing one after another, as in 「観客が続々と集まる」. For unbroken continuity pick 「絶えず」 or 「絶え間なく」; for the same action repeated, 「しきりに」; for a steady stream of visitors, 「引きも切らず」; for one continuous stretch, 「ぶっ続け」.

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1. 絶え間たえまなく続つづくさま。