続き

• 読み: つづき
• ローマ字: tsuzuki
• 漢字の分解: 続 (zoku/tsuzu) — continue, follow
• 発音: /tsɯ.dzɯ.ki/

意味

Continuation; sequel; the rest. What comes next in a series or story.

A noun form of the verb 続く (tsuzuku, to continue). Used for the continuation of stories (続きが気になる, tsuzuki ga ki ni naru, curious about what happens next), work (仕事の続き, shigoto no tsuzuki, the rest of the work), and conversations. Very natural in everyday speech when referring to resuming or continuing something.

例文

1. この小説の続きが早く読みたい。
2. 話の続きはまた明日にしよう。
3. 昨日の仕事の続きを朝からやっている。

使い方ガイド

場面: storytelling, daily life, work

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Noun form of 続く. The kanji 続 combines 糸 (thread) and 売 (sell, here used phonetically), suggesting something that stretches on like a continuous thread.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal