続投

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
続 投
ぞく
Grade: 4 		とう
Grade: 3
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
續投 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

続(ぞく)投(とう) • (zokutō) 

  1. (baseball) continuing to pitch in consecutive innings instead of switching pitchers
  2. (by extension) continuation (in general)

Verb

続(ぞく)投(とう)する • (zokutō suru) suru (stem 続(ぞく)投(とう)し (zokutō shi), past 続(ぞく)投(とう)した (zokutō shita))

  1. (baseball) to continue to pitch in consecutive innings instead of switching pitchers
  2. (by extension) to continue (in general)

Conjugation

Conjugation of "続投する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 続投し ぞくとうし zokutō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 続投し ぞくとうし zokutō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 続投する ぞくとうする zokutō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 続投する ぞくとうする zokutō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 続投すれ ぞくとうすれ zokutō sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 続投せよ¹
続投しろ² 		ぞくとうせよ¹
ぞくとうしろ² 		zokutō seyo¹
zokutō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 続投される ぞくとうされる zokutō sareru
Causative 続投させる
続投さす 		ぞくとうさせる
ぞくとうさす 		zokutō saseru
zokutō sasu
Potential 続投できる ぞくとうできる zokutō dekiru
Volitional 続投しよう ぞくとうしよう zokutō shiyō
Negative 続投しない ぞくとうしない zokutō shinai
Negative continuative 続投せず ぞくとうせず zokutō sezu
Formal 続投します ぞくとうします zokutō shimasu
Perfective 続投した ぞくとうした zokutō shita
Conjunctive 続投して ぞくとうして zokutō shite
Hypothetical conditional 続投すれば ぞくとうすれば zokutō sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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