～続ける

～つづける · ～tsudukeru · JLPT N4 · noun

to continue doing ~

🧵 続 = thread radical 糸 + sell 売: the thread keeps running, so it continues

Attach 続ける to a verb stem: 食べ続ける = keep eating, 走り続ける = keep running. The kanji 続 carries the thread radical 糸, an unbroken strand, and tsuzu-keru repeats its own dzu-dzu sound like an action that will not stop.

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