JLPT N3 · Adverb

ずっと (zutto)

ずっと is a Japanese adverb meaning “continuously; the whole time”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
ずっと
Romaji
zutto
Word class
Adverb
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. continuously; the whole time; all the way; throughout · adverb · ずーっと is emphatic
  2. much (more); (by) far; far and away; a lot; a great deal · adverb
  3. far (away); long (ago, before, after) · adverb
  4. straight; directly · adverb

Example sentences

6時からずっと待っているのだが、僕の番がまだ来ない。
I've been waiting since six o'clock and still my turn hasn't come.
この時計はあれよりもずっと高価だ。
This clock is far more expensive than that.
この慣習は、ずっと前から廃止されている。
This practice has long since been done away with.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Source: JMdict entry 1006380 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.