繋ぐ

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Japanese

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
つな
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
繫ぐ (kyūjitai)

From (つな) (tsuna, rope).

Pronunciation

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  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「繋ぐ
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
繋ぐ なぐ [tsùnágú]
Imperative (命令形) 繋げ なげ [tsùnágé]
Key constructions
Passive 繋がれる ながれる [tsùnágárérú]
Causative 繋がせる ながせる [tsùnágásérú]
Potential 繋げる なげる [tsùnágérú]
Volitional 繋ごう なご [tsùnágóꜜò]
Negative 繋がない ながない [tsùnágánáí]
Negative perfective 繋がなかった ながなかった [tsùnágánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 繋ぎます なぎま [tsùnágímáꜜsù]
Perfective 繋いだ ないだ [tsùnáídá]
Conjunctive 繋いで ないで [tsùnáídé]
Hypothetical conditional 繋げば なげ [tsùnágéꜜbà]

Verb

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(つな) (tsunagutransitive godan (stem (つな) (tsunagi), past (つな)いだ (tsunaida))

Japanese verb pair
active 繋ぐ
mediopassive 繋がる
  1. to bind, to fasten, to tie
    (うま)()(つな)
    uma o ki ni tsunagu
    to tie the horse on the tree
  2. to connect, to tie together, to join
    Synonyms: 繋げる, 結ぶ
    (いと)(つな)
    ito o tsunagu
    to tie strings together
    (ちゅう)(ごく)()(ほん)(つな)()(はし)
    Chūgoku to Nihon o tsunagu kakehashi
    bridge that connects China and Japan
  3. (telecommunications) to put through, to connect (a phone call)
    電話(でんわ)(つな)
    denwa o tsunagu
    to connect a phone call
  4. (computing) to connect (e.g. WiFi)
    Wi-Fi(ワイファイ)(つな)いでるのに
    waifai ni tsunaideru noni
    even though I'm connected to the Wi-Fi
  5. to keep (hope etc.) going, to keep alive
    Synonyms: 維持, 持ち堪える
    (いのち)(つな)
    inochi o tsunagu
    to keep living, to survive
  6. to hold (hands)
    ()(つな)いで(ある)こう
    te o tsunaide arukō
    let's walk hand in hand

Conjugation

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