続く

See also: 續く and 続ぐ

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

Etymology

⟨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
  • (Tokyo) つづく [tsùzúkú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝzɨᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]
  • 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 つづく [tsùzúkú]
Imperative (命令形) 続け つづけ [tsùzúké]
Key constructions
Passive 続かれる つづかれる [tsùzúkárérú]
Causative 続かせる つづかせる [tsùzúkásérú]
Potential 続ける つづける [tsùzúkérú]
Volitional 続こう つづこ​ー [tsùzúkóꜜò]
Negative 続かない つづかない [tsùzúkánáí]
Negative perfective 続かなかった つづかな​かった [tsùzúkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 続きます つづきま​す [tsùzúkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 続いた つづいた [tsùzúítá]
Conjunctive 続いて つづいて [tsùzúíté]
Hypothetical conditional 続けば つづけ​ば [tsùzúkéꜜbà]

Verb

続(つづ)く • (tsuzuku) intransitive godan (stem 続(つづ)き (tsuzuki), past 続(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

続(つづ)く • (-tsuzuku) godan (stem 続(つづ)き (-tsuzuki), past 続(つづ)いた (-tsuzuita))

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

Conjugation
Conjugation of "続く" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 続か つづか tsuzuka
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 続き つづき tsuzuki
Shūshikei ("terminal") 続く つづく tsuzuku
Rentaikei ("attributive") 続く つづく tsuzuku
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 続け つづけ tsuzuke
Meireikei ("imperative") 続け つづけ tsuzuke
Key constructions
Passive 続かれる つづかれる tsuzukareru
Causative 続かせる
続かす		 つづかせる
つづかす		 tsuzukaseru
tsuzukasu
Potential 続ける つづける tsuzukeru
Volitional 続こう つづこう tsuzukō
Negative 続かない つづかない tsuzukanai
Negative continuative 続かず つづかず tsuzukazu
Formal 続きます つづきます tsuzukimasu
Perfective 続いた つづいた tsuzuita
Conjunctive 続いて つづいて tsuzuite
Hypothetical conditional 続けば つづけば tsuzukeba
Classical conjugation of "続く" (カ行四段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 続かつづかtuduka
Continuative (連用形) 続きつづきtuduki
Terminal (終止形) 続くつづくtuduku
Attributive (連体形) 続くつづくtuduku
Realis (已然形) 続けつづけtuduke
Imperative (命令形) 続けつづけtuduke
Key constructions
Negative 続かずつづかずtudukazu
Contrasting conjunction 続けどつづけどtudukedo
Causal conjunction 続けばつづけばtudukeba
Conditional conjunction 続かばつづかばtudukaba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 続ききつづききtudukiki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 続きけりつづきけりtudukikeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 続きつつづきつtudukitu
Perfect tense (natural event) 続きぬつづきぬtudukinu
Perfect-continuative tense 続けり
続きたり		つづけり
つづきたり		tudukeri
tudukitari
Volitional 続かむつづかむtudukamu

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:続く.

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 続(つづ)き (tsuzuki)
  • 続(つづ)き合(あ)い (tsuzukiai)
  • 続(つづ)き番(ばん)号(ごう) (tsuzukibangō)
  • 息(いき)が続(つづ)く (iki ga tsuzuku)
  • 打(う)ち続(つづ)く (uchitsuzuku)
  • 体(からだ)が続(つづ)く (karada ga tsuzuku)
  • 差(さ)し続(つづ)く (sashitsuzuku)
  • 立(た)ち続(つづ)く (tachitsuzuku)
  • 建(た)て続(つづ)く (tatetsuzuku)
  • 取(と)り続(つづ)く (toritsuzuku)
  • 乗(の)り続(つづ)く (noritsuzuku)
  • 引(ひ)き続(つづ)く (hikitsuzuku)
  • 降(ふ)り続(つづ)く (furitsuzuku)

Verb

続(つづ)く • (tsuzuku) transitive †nidan

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

Conjugation
Classical conjugation of "続く" (カ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 続けつづけtuduke
Continuative (連用形) 続けつづけtuduke
Terminal (終止形) 続くつづくtuduku
Attributive (連体形) 続くるつづくるtudukuru
Realis (已然形) 続くれつづくれtudukure
Imperative (命令形) 続けよつづけよtudukeyo
Key constructions
Negative 続けずつづけずtudukezu
Contrasting conjunction 続くれどつづくれどtudukuredo
Causal conjunction 続くればつづくればtudukureba
Conditional conjunction 続けばつづけばtudukeba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 続けきつづけきtudukeki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 続けけりつづけけりtudukekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 続けつつづけつtuduketu
Perfect tense (natural event) 続けぬつづけぬtudukenu
Perfect-continuative tense 続けたりつづけたりtuduketari
Volitional 続けむつづけむtudukemu

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • 続(つづ)ける (tsuzukeru, modern transitive)
  • 続(つづ)け (tsuzuke)
  • 続(つづ)け歌(うた) (tsuzukeuta)
  • 続(つづ)け打(う)ち (tsuzukeuchi)
  • 続(つづ)け書(が)き (tsuzukegaki)
  • 続(つづ)け様(ざま) (tsuzukezama)
  • 続(つづ)け字(じ) (tsuzukeji)
  • 打(う)ち続(つづ)く (uchitsuzuku)
  • 思(おも)い続(つづ)く (omoitsuzuku)
  • 思(おぼ)し続(つづ)く (oboshitsuzuku)
  • 差(さ)し続(つづ)く (sashitsuzuku)
  • 立(た)ち続(つづ)く (tachitsuzuku)
  • 建(た)て続(つづ)く (tatetsuzuku)
  • 取(と)り続(つづ)く (toritsuzuku)
  • 乗(の)り続(つづ)く (noritsuzuku)
  • 引(ひ)き続(つづ)く (hikitsuzuku)

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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