〜続ける

Formationverb stem + 続ける

続ける on a stem says the action carried on without stopping. It is about persistence over time rather than a habit that repeats. 続く is the intransitive partner, for things that continue on their own.

Examples

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1. いったん始はじめたら、やり続つづけてください。

   Once you start, carry it on.

2. 年末ねんまつまでこの本ほんを読よみ続つづけるだろう。

   We shall go on reading this book until the end of the year.

3. この漢方薬かんぽうやくを飲のみ続つづければ効きくでしょう。

   If you continue to take this herbal medicine, it will do you good.

4. 私わたし達たちは坂さかを行おこなったり来きたりし続つづけた。

   We had to go up and down the slopes.

5. 彼女かのじょはディスコで一いち晩ばん中ちゅう、踊おどり続つづけた。

   She kept dancing at the disco all night.