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

今の彼と、こんなに長く続くとは思ってませんでした。

I didn't think it would last this long with my current boyfriend.

五日も雨が続いています。

It's been raining for five consecutive days.

起きたらすぐにワニカニをするようにしてたんだけど、それが一年間も続いたんだ!すごくない?でも、まだレベルは19だよ。

I decided to do WaniKani right after waking up, and I kept it up for a whole year! Isn't that amazing? But I'm still only at level nineteen.

Kanji Composition