つづ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
1. to continue; to last; to go on
2. to continue (without a break); to be unbroken
3. to occur again and again
4. to lead to; to connect to; to adjoin
5. to come after; to follow; to succeed; to rank next to
6. to hold out; to keep; to last
Kanji used
continue
Pitch accent
づく
Top 400
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to continue to rain or snow
to continue without end; to go on to eternity
Examples (94 in total)
It won't last long.
The good weather will hold.
Read after me.
That happiness won't last.
Is the game still going on?
Their conversation went on.
Happiness doesn't last forever.
The war is still going on.
The living room adjoins the dining room.
Our friendship did not last.
It lasted for almost an hour.
This street leads to the airport.
The summer vacation lasts a couple of weeks.
It has been raining a full five days.
The unrest lasted three days.
I've had diarrhea since yesterday.
The traffic jam lasted one hour.
El Niño will continue.
The crude oil price is falling further.
There followed a prolonged silence.
I hope it keeps raining.
The road which leads to the hotel is narrow.
This area will continue to be rainy.
How long will this situation last?
The meeting continued late into the night.
The road continues for many miles.
The court session lasted for three hours.
The film lasted 2 hours.
There have been a lot of airplane accidents recently.
The conference continued till 5 o'clock.
It rained for three days on end.
We've had nice weather for a while now.
The noise continued for several hours.
My association with them didn't last long.
The lecture lasted two hours.
I should have continued ballet.
The discussion went on till late at night.
Prices have been rising since last year.
How long have your cheeks been swollen?
The snow lasted for two days.
Young children have short attention spans.
Is that radio program still on the air?
Such drastic economic growth cannot be sustained.
This road leads to the public hall.
The bargain sale will run for three days, beginning today.
I don't know how long it'll last.
I wonder how long this rain will last.
This road goes to the park.
How long will the storm last?
Their conversation was carried on for about an hour.
How long will this cold weather continue?
The party lasted more than three hours.
"How long will the meeting last?" "For two hours."
The talk dragged on till three o'clock.
The road runs from Tokyo to Osaka.
The concert lasted about three hours.
The cold weather extended into April.
The path twists through the mountains.
His speech lasted three hours.
Famine followed upon the eruption of the volcano.
The weather's been very good ever since.
The explosion that followed killed many people.
The road ran straight for several miles.
Akira will stay in New York while his money lasts.
I hope this fine weather lasts till the weekend.
The school grounds extend as far as this fence.
Follow me and do exactly the way I do it.
You must realize that prosperity does not last forever.
After days of warm weather, it became cold.
"Are you and Tom still together?" "No, we split up at the beginning of last month."
Hot weather will continue, so please watch out for food poisoning.
The debate over which consultant to use went on for hours.
Hot summer days ended and cool autumn days followed.
The prolonged drought did severe damage to crops.
Some people seemed to think the good times were going to last forever.
He went on to demonstrate how to use the machine.
Kozue thought the teacher's lecture was dull, boring and endless.
The Aoi Festival has been carried out as a national event since then and has continued to the present day.
This movement from rural to urban areas has been going on for over two hundred years.
The war lasted two years.
The war lasted nearly ten years.
The footprints continued down to the river.
The cold weather continued for three weeks.
Sometimes the game lasted all day.
The debate continues into the 1980s and 1990s.
World War II lasted from 1939 to 1945.
World War I lasted from 1914 until 1918.
The weather will remain cold for several days.
This river extends for hundreds of miles.
This river flows all the way to New Orleans.
The reign of Philip II lasted forty years.
The temperature has been below freezing for several days.
Only after a century and a half of confusion was the royal authority restored.
How long adolescence continues is determined by biological factors.