持続

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 持続 is read as じぞく and is a noun and する verb for an activity, state, or effect continuing without interruption.
• Basic usage: Continuing exercise appears in 運動を持続する, while a lasting effect appears in 効果が持続する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Continuing an action or effect
  • It can describe a person maintaining an activity or a state such as a medicine's effect lasting over time.
• Difference from 継続
  • 継続 readily describes carrying on a task or activity, while 持続 is also widely used for a state or effect remaining in force.