継ぐ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
継
つ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
繼ぐ (kyūjitai) 続ぐ 嗣ぐ 襲ぐ

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) つぐ [tsùgú] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [t͡sɨᵝɡɯ̟ᵝ]

• Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "継ぐ"

Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形) Attributive (連体形)	継ぐ	つぐ	[tsùgú]
Imperative (命令形)	継げ	つげ	[tsùgé]
Key constructions
Passive	継がれる	つがれる	[tsùgárérú]
Causative	継がせる	つがせる	[tsùgásérú]
Potential	継げる	つげる	[tsùgérú]
Volitional	継ごう	つご​ー	[tsùgóꜜò]
Negative	継がない	つがない	[tsùgánáí]
Negative perfective	継がなかった	つがな​かった	[tsùgánáꜜkàttà]
Formal	継ぎます	つぎま​す	[tsùgímáꜜsù]
Perfective	継いだ	ついだ	[tsùídá]
Conjunctive	継いで	ついで	[tsùídé]
Hypothetical conditional	継げば	つげ​ば	[tsùgéꜜbà]

Verb

継(つ)ぐ • (tsugu) transitive godan (stem 継(つ)ぎ (tsugi), past 継(つ)いだ (tsuida))

1. succeed someone, inherit an operation, continue an action
2. mend clothing
3. add, such as add charcoal to a fire
4. connect two things, graft, splice film, set a bone

Conjugation

Conjugation of "継ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	継が	つが	tsuga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	継ぎ	つぎ	tsugi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	継ぐ	つぐ	tsugu
Rentaikei ("attributive")	継ぐ	つぐ	tsugu
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	継げ	つげ	tsuge
Meireikei ("imperative")	継げ	つげ	tsuge
Key constructions
Passive	継がれる	つがれる	tsugareru
Causative	継がせる 継がす	つがせる つがす	tsugaseru tsugasu
Potential	継げる	つげる	tsugeru
Volitional	継ごう	つごう	tsugō
Negative	継がない	つがない	tsuganai
Negative continuative	継がず	つがず	tsugazu
Formal	継ぎます	つぎます	tsugimasu
Perfective	継いだ	ついだ	tsuida
Conjunctive	継いで	ついで	tsuide
Hypothetical conditional	継げば	つげば	tsugeba