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続ける

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
つづ
Grade: 4
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
續ける (kyūjitai)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • 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 づける [tsùzúkérú]
Imperative (命令形) 続けろ づけろ [tsùzúkéró]
Key constructions
Passive 続けられる づけられる [tsùzúkérárérú]
Causative 続けさせる づけさせる [tsùzúkésásérú]
Potential 続けられる づけられる [tsùzúkérárérú]
Volitional 続けよう づけよ [tsùzúkéyóꜜò]
Negative 続けない づけない [tsùzúkénáí]
Negative perfective 続けなかった づけなかった [tsùzúkénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 続けます づけま [tsùzúkémáꜜsù]
Perfective 続けた づけた [tsùzúkétá]
Conjunctive 続けて づけて [tsùzúkété]
Hypothetical conditional 続ければ づけれ [tsùzúkéréꜜbà]

Verb

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(つづ)ける (tsuzukerutransitive ichidan (stem (つづ) (tsuzuke), past (つづ)けた (tsuzuketa))

Japanese verb pair
active 続ける
mediopassive 続く
  1. to continue
    ()(ろん)(つづ)ける
    giron o tsuzukeru
    to continue the discussion
  2. to repeat again and again
    (しっ)(ぱい)(つづ)ける
    shippai o tsuzukeru
    to keep failing
  3. to connect something together without any gaps; to adjoin
    ()()(しょく)(どう)(つづ)けて(ひと)()()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

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Antonyms

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References

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  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