継ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
継
つ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
繼ぐ (kyūjitai)
続ぐ
嗣ぐ
襲ぐ

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「継ぐ」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		継ぐ つぐ
Imperative (命令形) 継げ つげ
Key constructions
Passive 継がれる つがれる
Causative 継がせる つがせる
Potential 継げる つげる
Volitional 継ごう つごー
Negative 継がない つがない
Negative perfective 継がなかった つがなかった
Formal 継ぎます つぎます
Perfective 継いだ ついだ
Conjunctive 継いで ついで
Hypothetical conditional 継げば つげば

Verb

継(つ)ぐ • (tsugu) transitive godan (stem 継(つ)ぎ (tsugi), past 継(つ)いだ (tsuida))

  1. succeed someone, inherit an operation, continue an action
  2. mend clothing
  3. add, such as add charcoal to a fire
  4. connect two things, graft, splice film, set a bone

Conjugation

Conjugation of "継ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 継が つが tsuga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 継ぎ つぎ tsugi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 継ぐ つぐ tsugu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 継ぐ つぐ tsugu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 継げ つげ tsuge
Meireikei ("imperative") 継げ つげ tsuge
Key constructions
Passive 継がれる つがれる tsugareru
Causative 継がせる
継がす 		つがせる
つがす 		tsugaseru
tsugasu
Potential 継げる つげる tsugeru
Volitional 継ごう つごう tsugō
Negative 継がない つがない tsuganai
Negative continuative 継がず つがず tsugazu
Formal 継ぎます つぎます tsugimasu
Perfective 継いだ ついだ tsuida
Conjunctive 継いで ついで tsuide
Hypothetical conditional 継げば つげば tsugeba
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