19
続く

To Continue


Meaning

To Continue

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う 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

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