VocabularyJLPT N5 · core

続く

つづく

hepburn tsuzuku

to continue (intransitive)

Part of speech · godan-verb

Pattern visualization

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Examples

雨が続く。
The rain continues.
会議が長く続いた。
The meeting went on long.

Collocations

続く (tsuzuku, to continue)雨が続く (ame ga tsuzuku, rain continues)続ける (tsuzukeru, to keep going)連続 (renzoku, sequence)継続 (keizoku, continuation)

Mnemonic

Tsuzuku (続く) is "to continue" — B + no-cluster simple vocab (clean baseline). Kanji 続 (continue). Intransitive paired with transitive tsuzukeru. Usage: (1) ame ga tsuzuku (rain continues); (2) kaigi ga tsuzuku (meeting goes on); (3) tsuzukeru (transitive); (4) renzoku (sequence); (5) keizoku (formal "continuation").

Quick check

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