続ける

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
続
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 つづける
Imperative (命令形) 続けろ つづけろ
Key constructions
Passive 続けられる つづけられる
Causative 続けさせる つづけさせる
Potential 続けられる つづけられる
Volitional 続けよう つづけよ​ー
Negative 続けない つづけない
Negative perfective 続けなかった つづけな​かった
Formal 続けます つづけま​す
Perfective 続けた つづけた
Conjunctive 続けて つづけて
Hypothetical conditional 続ければ つづけれ​ば

Verb

続(つづ)ける • (tsuzukeru) transitive ichidan (stem 続(つづ)け (tsuzuke), past 続(つづ)けた (tsuzuketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 続ける
mediopassive 続く
  1. to continue
    議(ぎ)論(ろん)を続(つづ)ける
    giron o tsuzukeru
    to continue the discussion
  2. to repeat again and again
    失(しっ)敗(ぱい)を続(つづ)ける
    shippai o tsuzukeru
    to keep failing
  3. to connect something together without any gaps; to adjoin
    居(い)間(ま)と食(しょく)堂(どう)を続(つづ)けて一(ひと)部(へ)屋(や)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

Conjugation of "続ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 続け つづけ tsuzuke
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 続け つづけ tsuzuke
Shūshikei ("terminal") 続ける つづける tsuzukeru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 続ける つづける tsuzukeru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 続けれ つづけれ tsuzukere
Meireikei ("imperative") 続けよ¹
続けろ² 		つづけよ¹
つづけろ² 		tsuzukeyo¹
tsuzukero²
Key constructions
Passive 続けられる つづけられる tsuzukerareru
Causative 続けさせる
続けさす 		つづけさせる
つづけさす 		tsuzukesaseru
tsuzukesasu
Potential 続けられる
続けれる³ 		つづけられる
つづけれる³ 		tsuzukerareru
tsuzukereru³
Volitional 続けよう つづけよう tsuzukeyō
Negative 続けない
続けぬ
続けん 		つづけない
つづけぬ
つづけん 		tsuzukenai
tsuzukenu
tsuzuken
Negative continuative 続けず つづけず tsuzukezu
Formal 続けます つづけます tsuzukemasu
Perfective 続けた つづけた tsuzuketa
Conjunctive 続けて つづけて tsuzukete
Hypothetical conditional 続ければ つづければ tsuzukereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential

Antonyms

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
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