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続き, つづき

  • tsuzuki
JLPT LEVEL 3

Definition

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix

  • sequel
  • continuation
  • (also suffix) continuation (in time and space)
  • second series
  • succession
  • spell

Examples of 続き,つづき in a Sentence

日照り続きでその池は干上がった。
The pond dried up in hot weather.
暑さ続きでその植物はしぼんでしまった。
The long spell of hot weather withered up the plants.
収穫不良は日照り続きのせいである。
A dry spell accounts for the poor crop.
その老人は３部屋続きのアパートに住んでいた。
The old man lived in the three-room apartment.
悪事続きだ。
When it rains, it pours.
現地人は干ばつ続きで苦しんでいた。
The natives were tormented by a long spell of dry weather.
不作は日照り続きのためだった。
Drought was credited with the poor crop.
あれ以後は災難続きです。
I have had a series of misfortunes since then.
ボブにはやさしく接してあげてくれよ。ほら、彼は最近辛いこと続きなのだ。
Go easy on Bob. You know, he's been going though a rough period recently.
悪運続きという目にあったので、私の財産は、たちどころに、ついえさってしまった。
Having hit a streak of bad luck, my fortune had gone to pot in no time.

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