連続|れんぞくrenzoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbcontinuation; succession; series; sequence
   賢人けんじんいわく、人生じんせいは失望しつぼうの連続れんぞくである。↗

   Some wise man has said life consists of one disappointment after another.
2. na-adjective, noun, mathcontinuous

• Synonym継続けいぞくNeutralMeans carrying on an existing state or activity, as in 「契約を継続する」; the point is keeping something going, while 「連続」 stresses one thing after another without a break.
• Synonym立て続けたてつづけNeutralFor things happening one after another in a short time, as in 「立て続けに事故が起きる」; colloquial, typically for events occurring in rapid succession.
• Synonym一連いちれんNeutralA series of related things, as in 「一連の事件」; stresses the connection between items, which need not follow one another in time.
• Synonym持続じぞくNeutralA state lasting a long time, as in 「効果が持続する」; the point is maintaining something, not one item after another.
• Synonym引き続きひきつづきNeutralMeans continuing or coming next, as in 「引き続きよろしくお願いします」; mostly an adverb, often in set greetings.
• Synonym一続きひとつづきNeutralThings forming one unbroken stretch, as in 「一続きの文章」; used mostly for spatial or content-wise continuity.
• Synonymぶっ続けぶっつづけCasualColloquial: doing something nonstop with no break in the middle, as in 「十時間ぶっ続けで働く」.
• Synonym連なりつらなりNeutralSimilar things lined up one after another, as in 「山の連なり」; mainly for spatial rows or stretches.
• Synonymぶっ通しぶっとおしCasualColloquial: going straight through to the end without stopping, as in 「徹夜でぶっ通し」; also means removing partitions to join rooms into one.
• Synonym続けざまつづけざまNeutralDoing the same thing one after another without pause, as in 「続けざまに質問する」; close to 「立て続け」.
• Related存続そんぞくNeutralAn organization or system continuing to exist, as in 「会社の存続」; the point is staying in existence.
• Related続行ぞっこうNeutralCarrying on with something, whether resuming after an interruption or simply not stopping, as in 「試合を続行する」; the point is not calling it off.
• Related累次るいじWrittenA written, formal word for repeated, many times over; found mainly in official documents, rare in everyday speech.
• Related継続性けいぞくせいWrittenAn abstract noun for the quality of being able to continue, as in 「事業の継続性」.
• Related連続性れんぞくせいWrittenAn abstract noun for the quality of being continuous and unbroken; common in academic and mathematical contexts.
• Antonym断続だんぞくNeutralOn and off, intermittent, as in 「断続的な雨」; the opposite of unbroken 「連続」.
• Antonym中断ちゅうだんNeutralBreaking off partway through, as in 「試合が中断する」; the direct opposite of 「連続」.

Use 「連続」 for the same kind of thing happening one after another without a break. To keep an existing state or activity going, say 「継続」 or 「持続」; for things happening one after another in a short time, 「立て続け」; for a series of related items, 「一連」. The opposite of 「連続」 is 「中断」.

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

1. 途中とちゅうで切きれることなく続つづくこと。また、続つづけること。
2. 2つの位相いそう空間くうかんに定義ていぎされる写像しゃぞう f: X → Y とその定義域ていぎいき上じょうのある点てん a において、その点てんの像ぞう f(a) の周まわりに近傍きんぼう V ⊆ Y をとったとき、その近傍きんぼうの逆ぎゃく像ぞう f⁻¹(V) が定義域ていぎいき上じょうの元もとの点てん a の近傍きんぼうとなっていること。
3. 関数かんすう f(x) が、その定義域ていぎいき上じょうのある点てん a において、f(a) の値あたいと lim _(x→a)f(x)の値あたいが等ひとしいこと。高校こうこう数学すうがくにおける連続れんぞくの定義ていぎで、語義ごぎ2の特殊化とくしゅか。
4. 途中とちゅうで切きれることなく続つづく。
5. 途中とちゅうで切きらすことなく続つづける。