継ぐ
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 継 |
| つ Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
Alternative forms
- 続ぐ
- 嗣ぐ
- 襲ぐ
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) つぐ [tsùgú] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [t͡sɨᵝɡɯ̟ᵝ]
Verb
継ぐ (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana つぐ, rōmaji tsugu)
- succeed someone, inherit an operation, continue an action
- mend clothing
- add, such as add charcoal to a fire
- connect two things, graft, splice film, set a bone
Conjugation
Conjugation of "継ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 継が | つが | tsuga |
| Continuative (連用形) | 継ぎ | つぎ | tsugi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 継ぐ | つぐ | tsugu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 継ぐ | つぐ | tsugu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 継げ | つげ | tsuge |
| Imperative (命令形) | 継げ | つげ | tsuge |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 継がれる | つがれる | tsugareru |
| Causative | 継がせる 継がす | つがせる つがす | tsugaseru tsugasu |
| Potential | 継げる | つげる | tsugeru |
| Volitional | 継ごう | つごう | tsugō |
| Negative | 継がない | つがない | tsuganai |
| Negative continuative | 継がず | つがず | tsugazu |
| Formal | 継ぎます | つぎます | tsugimasu |
| Perfective | 継いだ | ついだ | tsuida |
| Conjunctive | 継いで | ついで | tsuide |
| Hypothetical conditional | 継げば | つげば | tsugeba |