続く

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See also: 續く and 続ぐ

Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
つづ
Grade: 4
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
續く (kyūjitai)

Etymology[edit]

⟨tutuku⟩/t͡sut͡suku//t͡sud͡zuku//t͡suzuku/

From Old Japanese 續く (tutuku), with the shift to voicing of the second tsu developing around the Middle Japanese stage.

Cognate with 綴る (tsuzuru, to spell, write).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "続く"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
続く づく [tsùzúkú]
Imperative (命令形) 続け づけ [tsùzúké]
Key constructions
Passive 続かれる づかれる [tsùzúkárérú]
Causative 続かせる づかせる [tsùzúkásérú]
Potential 続ける づける [tsùzúkérú]
Volitional 続こう づこ [tsùzúkóꜜò]
Negative 続かない づかない [tsùzúkánáí]
Negative perfective 続かなかった づかなかった [tsùzúkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 続きます づきま [tsùzúkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 続いた づいた [tsùzúítá]
Conjunctive 続いて づいて [tsùzúíté]
Hypothetical conditional 続けば づけ [tsùzúkéꜜbà]

Verb[edit]

(つづ) (tsuzukuintransitive godan (stem (つづ) (tsuzuki), past (つづ)いた (tsuzuita))

Japanese verb pair
active 続ける
mediopassive 続く
  1. to continue
  2. to happen consecutively, continue in a row
  3. to lead to
  4. to succeed, follow after

Suffix[edit]

(つづ) (-tsuzukugodan (stem (つづ) (-tsuzuki), past (つづ)いた (-tsuzuita))

  1. to continue to do something
  2. to do something consecutively

Conjugation[edit]

Quotations[edit]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:続く.

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

(つづ) (tsuzukutransitive nidan

  1. (archaic) to continue
  2. (archaic) to occur immediately or instantly
  3. (archaic) to chronicle
  4. (archaic) to connect

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN