Lingaku続く【つづく】
Frequency rank: 392.
- to continue; to last; to go on
- to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
- to occur again and again
- to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin
- to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to
- to hold out; to keep; to last
Godan verb with 'ku' ending; intransitive verb
Forms
- 続く【つづく】Frequency rank: 392.
- つづくFrequency rank: 13,097. – 13,131.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to continue; to last; to go on
- to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
- to occur again and again
- to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin
- to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to
- to hold out; to keep; to last
This meaning is used to indicate that something is ongoing or lasting without a break.
His smile continued.
This meaning emphasizes the idea of continuous action without interruption.
This meaning is used when something happens repeatedly.
The problem keeps occurring.
This meaning is used when describing something that is connected or adjacent to something else.
This meaning shows the idea of one thing following another in sequence or ranking.
This meaning is used to express the idea of something holding up or lasting.
Generated collocations (experimental)
つづく続くきごう(つづくきごう)to continue; to last; to go onつぎ次につづく続くto follow nextながく長くつづく続くto last a long timeつづいている続いているis continuingつづけて続けておこなう行うto carry on continuouslyなんど何度もつづく続くto occur repeatedlyせん線がつづく続くthe line continuesこのはなし話はつづく続くthis story goes onつづく続くみち道the road that continuesつづけざま続けざまにin successionかんけい関係がつづく続くthe relationship continuesはなし話がつづく続くthe conversation continuesけっか結果がつづく続くthe results continueきぼう希望がつづく続くhope endures
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
Example sentences
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2. とっぷトップのりいだあリーダーはいぬ犬のこうどうがく行動学ではきごう「あるふぁアルファきごう」とよばれ呼ばれ、いか以下きごう「べえたベータきごう」きごう「がんまガンマきごう」とつづきます続きます。
In dog ethology the leader is called 'alpha'; after that it continues with 'beta' and 'gamma'.
To be continued next time, and thus I most humbly request your attendance then.
The dismissal of foreign minister Tanaka is symbolic of the continuing political turmoil.
If there's a world-wide all-out nuclear war it's said that there will be a "nuclear winter" all over the planet for several months.
I haven't decided either way. I want to keep an eye on how things go.
It will have been raining a whole week if it is rainy tomorrow.
It will have been raining a whole week tomorrow.