続ける

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) つづける [tsùzúkérú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝzɨᵝke̞ɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • 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 つづける [tsùzúkérú]
Imperative (命令形) 続けろ つづけろ [tsùzúkéró]
Key constructions
Passive 続けられる つづけられる [tsùzúkérárérú]
Causative 続けさせる つづけさせる [tsùzúkésásérú]
Potential 続けられる つづけられる [tsùzúkérárérú]
Volitional 続けよう つづけよ​ー [tsùzúkéyóꜜò]
Negative 続けない つづけない [tsùzúkénáí]
Negative perfective 続けなかった つづけな​かった [tsùzúkénáꜜkàttà]
Formal 続けます つづけま​す [tsùzúkémáꜜsù]
Perfective 続けた つづけた [tsùzúkétá]
Conjunctive 続けて つづけて [tsùzúkété]
Hypothetical conditional 続ければ つづけれ​ば [tsùzúkéréꜜbà]

Verb

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
  1. to continue
    議(ぎ)論(ろん)を続(つづ)ける
    giron o tsuzukeru
    to continue the discussion
  2. to repeat again and again
    失(しっ)敗(ぱい)を続(つづ)ける
    shippai o tsuzukeru
    to keep failing
  3. 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

Conjugation
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

Antonyms

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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