続く

Meanings

1. to continue; to last; to go on
2. to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
3. to occur again and again
4. to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin
5. to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to

Part of speech: godan verb (く), intransitive

Kanji

• 続

  Meanings

  continue, series, sequel

  On reading

  ゾク、ショク、コウ、キョウ

  Kun reading

  つづ.く、つづ.ける、つぐ.ない

  Strokes

  13

Example sentences

• どれくらいこの寒い天気は続きますか。

  How long will this cold weather go on?

  Tatoeba #199669 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 延々と続く車の列があった。

  There was a continuous line of cars.

  Tatoeba #188792 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• このところ飛行機事故が続く。

  There have been a lot of airplane accidents recently.

  Tatoeba #223459 · CC BY 2.0 FR