持続

Japanese
Kanji in this term
持 続
じ
Grade: 3		 ぞく
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
持續 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

持(じ)続(ぞく) • (jizoku) ←ぢぞく (dizoku)?

  1. continuation, sustainment
  2. duration (philosophy)

Verb

持(じ)続(ぞく)する • (jizoku suru) ←ぢぞく (dizoku)?suru (stem 持(じ)続(ぞく)し (jizoku shi), past 持(じ)続(ぞく)した (jizoku shita))

  1. continue, keep up, endure, persist
    関(かん)係(けい)を持(じ)続(ぞく)する
    kankei o jizoku suru
    to keep up the relationship

Conjugation
Conjugation of "持続する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 持続し じぞくし jizoku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 持続し じぞくし jizoku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 持続する じぞくする jizoku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 持続する じぞくする jizoku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 持続すれ じぞくすれ jizoku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 持続せよ¹
持続しろ²		 じぞくせよ¹
じぞくしろ²		 jizoku seyo¹
jizoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 持続される じぞくされる jizoku sareru
Causative 持続させる
持続さす		 じぞくさせる
じぞくさす		 jizoku saseru
jizoku sasu
Potential 持続できる じぞくできる jizoku dekiru
Volitional 持続しよう じぞくしよう jizoku shiyō
Negative 持続しない じぞくしない jizoku shinai
Negative continuative 持続せず じぞくせず jizoku sezu
Formal 持続します じぞくします jizoku shimasu
Perfective 持続した じぞくした jizoku shita
Conjunctive 持続して じぞくして jizoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 持続すれば じぞくすれば jizoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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
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