JLPT N4 · Verb

続く (tsuzuku)

続く (つづく, tsuzuku) is a Japanese verb meaning “to continue; to last”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つづく
Romaji: tsuzuku
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

to continue; to last; to go on · godan verb, intransitive
to continue (without a break); to be unbroken · godan verb, intransitive
to occur again and again · godan verb, intransitive
to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin · godan verb, intransitive
to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

どれくらいこの寒い天気は続きますか。

How long will this cold weather go on?

Tatoeba #199669

延々と続く車の列があった。

There was a continuous line of cars.

Tatoeba #188792

このところ飛行機事故が続く。

There have been a lot of airplane accidents recently.

Tatoeba #223459

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 続く

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in く. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	続く	つづく tsuzuku
Polite (~masu)	続きます	つづきます tsuzukimasu
Negative	続かない	つづかない tsuzukanai
Polite negative	続きません	つづきません tsuzukimasen
Past	続いた	つづいた tsuzuita
Polite past	続きました	つづきました tsuzukimashita
Negative past	続かなかった	つづかなかった tsuzukanakatta
Te-form	続いて	つづいて tsuzuite
Potential	続ける	つづける tsuzukeru
Passive	続かれる	つづかれる tsuzukareru
Causative	続かせる	つづかせる tsuzukaseru
Volitional	続こう	つづこう tsuzukou
Imperative	続け	つづけ tsuzuke
Conditional (~ba)	続けば	つづけば tsuzukeba

Kanji in 続く

続

continue, series, sequelゾク・ショク・つづ.く・つづ.ける · 13 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 続く.

続けるつづけるto continue連続れんぞくcontinuation相続そうぞくsuccession続きつづきcontinuation継続けいぞくcontinuation接続せつぞくconnection続々ぞくぞくsuccessively手続きてつづきprocedure持続じぞくcontinuation存続そんぞくcontinuance接続詞せつぞくしconjunction

Source: JMdict entry 1405790 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.