繋ぐ

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
繋
つな
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
繫ぐ (kyūjitai)

From 綱(つな) (tsuna, “rope”).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「繋ぐ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		繋ぐ つなぐ
Imperative (命令形) 繋げ つなげ
Key constructions
Passive 繋がれる つながれる
Causative 繋がせる つながせる
Potential 繋げる つなげる
Volitional 繋ごう つなごー
Negative 繋がない つながない
Negative perfective 繋がなかった つながなかった
Formal 繋ぎます つなぎます
Perfective 繋いだ つないだ
Conjunctive 繋いで つないで
Hypothetical conditional 繋げば つなげば

Verb

繋(つな)ぐ • (tsunagu) transitive godan (stem 繋(つな)ぎ (tsunagi), past 繋(つな)いだ (tsunaida))

Japanese verb pair
active 繋ぐ
mediopassive 繋がる
  1. to bind, to fasten, to tie
    馬(うま)を木(き)に繋(つな)ぐ
    uma o ki ni tsunagu
    to tie the horse on the tree
  2. to connect, to tie together, to join
    Synonyms: 繋げる, 結ぶ
    糸(いと)を繋(つな)ぐ
    ito o tsunagu
    to tie strings together
    中(ちゅう)国(ごく)と日(に)本(ほん)を繋(つな)ぐ架(か)け橋(はし)
    Chūgoku to Nihon o tsunagu kakehashi
    bridge that connects China and Japan
  3. (telecommunications) to put through, to connect (a phone call)
    電話(でんわ)を繋(つな)ぐ
    denwa o tsunagu
    to connect a phone call
  4. (computing) to connect (e.g. WiFi)
    Wi-Fi(ワイファイ)に繋(つな)いでるのに
    waifai ni tsunaideru noni
    even though I'm connected to the Wi-Fi
  5. to keep (hope etc.) going, to keep alive
    Synonyms: 維持, 持ち堪える
    命(いのち)を繋(つな)ぐ
    inochi o tsunagu
    to keep living, to survive
  6. to hold (hands)
    手(て)を繋(つな)いで歩(ある)こう
    te o tsunaide arukō
    let's walk hand in hand

Conjugation

Conjugation of "繋ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 繋が つなが tsunaga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 繋ぎ つなぎ tsunagi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 繋ぐ つなぐ tsunagu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 繋ぐ つなぐ tsunagu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 繋げ つなげ tsunage
Meireikei ("imperative") 繋げ つなげ tsunage
Key constructions
Passive 繋がれる つながれる tsunagareru
Causative 繋がせる
繋がす 		つながせる
つながす 		tsunagaseru
tsunagasu
Potential 繋げる つなげる tsunageru
Volitional 繋ごう つなごう tsunagō
Negative 繋がない つながない tsunaganai
Negative continuative 繋がず つながず tsunagazu
Formal 繋ぎます つなぎます tsunagimasu
Perfective 繋いだ つないだ tsunaida
Conjunctive 繋いで つないで tsunaide
Hypothetical conditional 繋げば つなげば tsunageba
Classical conjugation of "繋ぐ" (ガ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 繋が つなが tunaga
Continuative (連用形) 繋ぎ つなぎ tunagi
Terminal (終止形) 繋ぐ つなぐ tunagu
Attributive (連体形) 繋ぐ つなぐ tunagu
Realis (已然形) 繋げ つなげ tunage
Imperative (命令形) 繋げ つなげ tunage
Key constructions
Negative 繋がず つながず tunagazu
Contrasting conjunction 繋げど つなげど tunagedo
Causal conjunction 繋げば つなげば tunageba
Conditional conjunction 繋がば つながば tunagaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 繋ぎき つなぎき tunagiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 繋ぎけり つなぎけり tunagikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 繋ぎつ つなぎつ tunagitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 繋ぎぬ つなぎぬ tunaginu
Perfect-continuative tense 繋げり
繋ぎたり		 つなげり
つなぎたり		 tunageri
tunagitari
Volitional 繋がむ つながむ tunagamu
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