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Yuzuo Chan
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11.06.2025
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Meaning

To keep doing an action, or to continue doing it without stopping, often for a long time or repeatedly.

Conjugation

(A)Vます-stem + 続つづける

Examples

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足あしが痛いたかったが、ゴールまで走はしり続つづけた。
毎日まいにち練習れんしゅうし続つづければ、きっと上手じょうずになりますよ。
この道みちをまっすぐ歩あるき続つづけたら、駅えきに着つきます。
みんなおなかがすいていて、黙だまって食たべ続つづけた。
彼女かのじょは話はなし続つづけていたが、私わたしにはよく聞きこえなかった。
私わたしは十年間じゅうねんかん、同おなじ会社かいしゃで働はたらき続つづけています。

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grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 食たべて続つづけた
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 食たべ続つづけた
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: 続つづける attaches to the ます-stem (食たべ), not the て-form.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 走はしり続つづけるました
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 走はしり続つづけました
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: Only 続つづける is conjugated. The first verb stays in the ます-stem (走はしり), and 続つづける takes ます, ない, た and so on.
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.wrong: 毎日まいにち日記にっきを書かくを続つづけています。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.correct: 毎日まいにち日記にっきを書かき続つづけています。/ 毎日まいにち日記にっきを書かくことを続つづけています。
grammarDetailPage.commonMistakes.why: A dictionary-form verb cannot be directly followed by 続つづける. Use the ます-stem, or nominalize the verb with こと and add を.

Key points

Attach 続つづける to the ます-stem of an action verb that can last or be repeated (走はしり続つづける, 食たべ続つづける). It suggests the subject keeps going, often persistently or despite difficulty, while ~ている simply describes an ongoing state or action. It is usually not used to describe a single instantaneous event such as 死しぬ or 着つく, unless repetition or an ongoing context makes 続つづける meaningful. For a non-volitional subject, 続つづく or V続つづく is also used, as in 雨あめが降ふり続つづく.
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