続ける
つづける
hepburn tsuzukeru
to continue, to keep doing (transitive)
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
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Examples
- 毎日日本語の勉強を続けています。I keep studying Japanese every day.
- 疲れても最後まで続けたいです。Even if I get tired, I want to continue to the end.
Collocations
勉強を続ける仕事を続ける練習を続ける話し続ける続けて言う
Mnemonic
続ける tsuzukeru — kanji 続 (to continue) + the ichidan ending ける. Transitive: to continue something (object marked with を). Its intransitive partner is 続く (tsuzuku, to go on). Verb stem + 続ける means "to keep doing" — 話し続ける (to keep talking). 続 is the shinjitai of 續.
Quick check
Which uses 続ける correctly for "to keep talking"?