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続き

つづき

continuation, sequel, the rest

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Examples

  1. この話の続きは来週です。

    このはなしのつづきはらいしゅうです。

    The rest of this story comes next week.

  2. 続きが気になって、夜まで読んでしまった。

    つづきがきになって、よるまでよんでしまった。

    I had to know what happened next, so I read until night.

  3. 雨続きで、洗濯物が乾きません。

    あめつづきで、せんたくものがかわきません。

    With the rain going on day after day, the washing won't dry.

Common patterns

続きを読む
to read the rest
話の続き
the rest of the story
雨続き
a run of rainy days

Memory tip

Noun from 続く. As a suffix after a noun it means "one after another": 雨続き, 休み続き. Do not confuse it with 手続き (てつづき), which is a procedure.

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