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

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

Tatoeba #235064

この時計はあれよりもずっと高価だ。

This clock is far more expensive than that.

Tatoeba #221614

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.

Tatoeba #222579

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.