Meaning

Primary

To Continue

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means continue so the verb vocab version is to continue. Please continue.

Reading

つづく
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: Two dudes (つづ) get to continue on. I'm afraid you two ladies are going to have to stay here. This is a dudes only night club.

Context

Context Sentences

五日も雨が続いています。

It's been raining for five consecutive days.

コウイチのジョークの後に、気まずいちんもくが続きました。

An awkward silence followed Koichi's joke.

金玉を捻ってしまい、痛みが五時間以上も続いています。

I twisted my testicles and the pain has lasted for over five hours.

Kanji Composition