✨ Basic Meaning
🎯 Primary Function
📋 Grammar Structure
🎭 Usage Contexts
Used in business and formal speeches to discuss ongoing projects or efforts (e.g., 努力し続ける).
Commonly used in daily conversation to talk about things like hobbies, weather, or repetitive actions.
Commonly found in news reports, literature, and essays to describe trends or historical continuities.
Very frequent in spoken Japanese to emphasize the duration of an activity.
💡 Common Applications
📌 Important Points
⚠️ Common Mistakes
🏛️ Cultural Context
🔍 Subtle Differences
📝 Conjugation Notes
続ける is an Ichidan (Group 2) verb. It conjugates as: 続けます (polite), 続けない (negative), 続ければ (conditional).
🔊 Pronunciation Tips
Pay attention to the ‘tsu’ sound and the double ‘zu’ (often written as ‘du’ in some systems). The pitch usually drops after ‘tsu’.
🧠 Memory Tips
Think of ‘Tsuzukeru’ as the ‘active’ version of continuation. If you are doing the action yourself or it’s an ongoing process like rain, use this form to emphasize the ‘keeping on’ aspect.
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