aspect N4 common casualpolitewritten
〜続ける — continue ~ing
〜続ける ・ つづける
Builds on 連用形（ます形）
Meaning
- keep ~ing / continue to ~ — carry an action on without stopping
Key sentence
彼は三時間も歩き続けた。
He kept walking for a full three hours.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Verb (ます-stem) | V-stem + 続ける | 話す → 話し続ける |
Examples
毎日日記を書き続けている。
I keep writing in my diary every day.
雨が一晩中降り続けた。
It rained all night long without letting up.
あきらめずに練習し続けることが大切だ。
Continuing to practice without giving up is what matters.
Easily confused with
Notes
- 続ける is transitive ('keep doing X'). Its intransitive twin 続く ('X goes on') is a plain verb — 会議が続く (the meeting goes on), not a 〜続く suffix.
See 〜続ける in real sentences
Jengo shows 〜続ける the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar.