れんぞく
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. continuation; succession; series; sequence
Life is a continuous series of regrets.
Noun
Math
2. continuous
Pitch accent
れ
んぞく
Composed of
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
sequel; second series
Used in vocabulary (37 in total)
consecutive; continuous; successive
Examples (22 in total)
After that, it was a continuous series of hardships.
A series of terrible things happened in succession.
The team won the championship for five years running.
It rained three days on end.
Stock prices declined for five consecutive days.
The temperature has been below freezing for many days in a row now.
Life is by no means a series of failures.
His life was a long series of failures.
A wise man once said, life is a series of disappointments.
She made a series of medical discoveries.
They won the Japan Cup three years in succession.
The effect is instantaneous, but it can also be used continuously.
It seems that we cannot accelerate continuously after all.
She defended her title as champion three years in a row.
He was elected chairman three terms in a row.
The student skipped class three times in a row.
Steel output set a record for two consecutive years.
The Japanese economy recorded more than 60 months of continuous expansion.
The player won the championship three times in a row.
One-handed swords leave few openings and are well suited to consecutive attacks.
After a succession of warm days, the weather became cold.
A majority of Japanese workers plan to take more than three consecutive days of summer vacation.