続ける

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
つづ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
續ける (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「続ける
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
続ける づける
Imperative (命令形) 続けろ づけろ
Key constructions
Passive 続けられる づけられる
Causative 続けさせる づけさせる
Potential 続けられる づけられる
Volitional 続けよう づけよ
Negative 続けない づけない
Negative perfective 続けなかった づけなかった
Formal 続けます づけま
Perfective 続けた づけた
Conjunctive 続けて づけて
Hypothetical conditional 続ければ づけれ

Verb

(つづ)ける (tsuzukerutransitive ichidan (stem (つづ) (tsuzuke), past (つづ)けた (tsuzuketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 続ける
mediopassive 続く
  1. to continue
    ()(ろん)(つづ)ける
    giron o tsuzukeru
    to continue the discussion
  2. to repeat again and again
    (しっ)(ぱい)(つづ)ける
    shippai o tsuzukeru
    to keep failing
  3. to connect something together without any gaps; to adjoin
    ()()(しょく)(どう)(つづ)けて(ひと)()()にする
    ima to shokudō o tsuzukete hito-heya ni suru
    to combine the living room and the dining room into one room

Conjugation

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN