続く

つづく

To continue, to last

N4verb·tsudzuku

How to remember it

続 carries the thread radical 糸 — like a thread that keeps unbroken.

Example sentences

  • 雨が三日続いた。

    あめがみっかつづいた。

    It rained for three days straight.

  • この道は駅まで続いている。

    このみちはえきまでつづいている。

    This road continues to the station.

Usage

Intransitive; the transitive counterpart is 続ける (to keep doing).

Related words

続ける連続終わる

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