続ける

Japanese

Alternative spelling
續ける (kyūjitai)

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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

to continue
議(ぎ)論(ろん)を続(つづ)ける
giron o tsuzukeru
to continue the discussion
to repeat again and again
失(しっ)敗(ぱい)を続(つづ)ける
shippai o tsuzukeru
to keep failing
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

続(つづ)ける • (-tsuzukeru) godan (stem 続(つづ)けり (-tsuzukeri), past 続(つづ)けった (-tsuzuketta))

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

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ 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