Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese community playroom, a long curve of plain wooden dominoes is falling in an uninterrupted chain. The nearest pieces lie flat, the next cluster is visibly tipping against its neighbors, and the far end remains upright.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

連れん続ぞく

renzoku

succession, series

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれの生涯しょうがいは長ながい失敗しっぱいの連続れんぞくだった。

    His life was a long series of failures.

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  2. 3日にち連続れんぞくして雨あめが降ふった。

    It rained three days on end.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. チームは5年間ねんかん連続れんぞくして優勝ゆうしょうした。

    The team won the championship for five years running.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 連続

  • 連take along; leadOnレンKunつらなる・つらねる・つれる
  • 続continue; seriesOnゾク・ショク・コウKunつづく・つづける・つぐない

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