存続

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
存 続
そん
Grade: 6 		ぞく
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
存續 (kyūjitai)

Noun

存(そん)続(ぞく) • (sonzoku) 

  1. continuation in existence
    国(くに)の存続(そんぞく)をかけて争(あらそ)った。
    Kuni no sonzoku o kakete arasotta.
    They fought for the nation's survival.

Synonyms

Verb

存(そん)続(ぞく)する • (sonzoku suru) suru (stem 存(そん)続(ぞく)し (sonzoku shi), past 存(そん)続(ぞく)した (sonzoku shita))

  1. continue to exist

Conjugation

Conjugation of "存続する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 存続し そんぞくし sonzoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 存続し そんぞくし sonzoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 存続する そんぞくする sonzoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 存続する そんぞくする sonzoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 存続すれ そんぞくすれ sonzoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 存続せよ¹
存続しろ² 		そんぞくせよ¹
そんぞくしろ² 		sonzoku seyo¹
sonzoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 存続される そんぞくされる sonzoku sareru
Causative 存続させる
存続さす 		そんぞくさせる
そんぞくさす 		sonzoku saseru
sonzoku sasu
Potential 存続できる そんぞくできる sonzoku dekiru
Volitional 存続しよう そんぞくしよう sonzoku shiyō
Negative 存続しない そんぞくしない sonzoku shinai
Negative continuative 存続せず そんぞくせず sonzoku sezu
Formal 存続します そんぞくします sonzoku shimasu
Perfective 存続した そんぞくした sonzoku shita
Conjunctive 存続して そんぞくして sonzoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 存続すれば そんぞくすれば sonzoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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