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続ける
続ける
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
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| 続 |
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つづ(ける) Grade: 4 |
Verb
続ける (transitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana つづける, romaji tsuzukeru)
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Conjugation
Conjugation of "続ける" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 続け | つづけ | tsuzuke | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 続け | つづけ | tsuzuke | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 続ける | つづける | tsuzukeru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 続ける | つづける | tsuzukeru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 続けれ | つづけれ | tsuzukere | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 続けよ¹ 続けろ² |
つづけよ¹ つづけろ² |
tsuzukeyo¹ tsuzukero² |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 | ||||