See also: 續く and 続ぐ

Japanese edit

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

Etymology edit

⟨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 edit

  • 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 づく [tsùzúkú]
Imperative (命令形) 続け づけ [tsùzúké]
Key constructions
Passive 続かれる づかれる [tsùzúkárérú]
Causative 続かせる づかせる [tsùzúkásérú]
Potential 続ける づける [tsùzúkérú]
Volitional 続こう づこ [tsùzúkóꜜò]
Negative 続かない づかない [tsùzúkánáí]
Negative perfective 続かなかった づかなかった [tsùzúkánáꜜkàttà]
Formal 続きます づきま [tsùzúkímáꜜsù]
Perfective 続いた づいた [tsùzúítá]
Conjunctive 続いて づいて [tsùzúíté]
Hypothetical conditional 続けば づけ [tsùzúkéꜜbà]

Verb edit

(つづ) (tsuzukuintransitive godan (stem (つづ) (tsuzuki), past (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 edit

(つづ) (-tsuzukugodan (stem (つづ) (-tsuzuki), past (つづ)いた (-tsuzuita))

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

Conjugation edit

Quotations edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:続く.

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

(つづ) (tsuzukutransitive nidan

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

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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