持続

Japanese
Kanji in this term
持 続
じ
Grade: 3		 ぞく
Grade: 4
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

持続 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 持續, hiragana じぞく, rōmaji jizoku, historical hiragana ぢぞく)

  1. continuation, sustainment
  2. duration (philosophy)

Verb

持続する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 持續する, hiragana じぞくする, rōmaji jizoku suru, historical hiragana ぢぞくする)

  1. continue, keep up, endure, persist

Conjugation
Conjugation of "持続する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 持続し じぞくし jizoku shi
Continuative (連用形) 持続し じぞくし jizoku shi
Terminal (終止形) 持続する じぞくする jizoku suru
Attributive (連体形) 持続する じぞくする jizoku suru
Hypothetical (仮定形) 持続すれ じぞくすれ jizoku sure
Imperative (命令形) 持続せよ¹
持続しろ²		 じぞくせよ¹
じぞくしろ²		 jizoku seyo¹
jizoku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 持続される じぞくされる jizoku sareru
Causative 持続させる
持続さす		 じぞくさせる
じぞくさす		 jizoku saseru
jizoku sasu
Potential 持続できる じぞくできる jizoku dekiru
Volitional 持続しよう じぞくしよう jizoku shiyō
Negative 持続しない じぞくしない jizoku shinai
Negative continuative 持続せず じぞくせず jizoku sezu
Formal 持続します じぞくします jizoku shimasu
Perfective 持続した じぞくした jizoku shita
Conjunctive 持続して じぞくして jizoku shite
Hypothetical conditional 持続すれば じぞくすれば jizoku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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