持じ続ぞく

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持続する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	持じ続ぞくする	持じ続ぞくしない
Polite	持じ続ぞくします	持じ続ぞくしません
Past polite	持じ続ぞくしました	持じ続ぞくしませんでした
Past	持じ続ぞくした	持じ続ぞくしなかった
Te-form	持じ続ぞくして	持じ続ぞくしないで
Desire	持じ続ぞくしたい	持じ続ぞくしたくない
Potential	持じ続ぞくできる	持じ続ぞくできない
Passive	持じ続ぞくされる	持じ続ぞくされない
Causative	持じ続ぞくさせる	持じ続ぞくさせない
Causative passive	持じ続ぞくさせられる	持じ続ぞくさせられない
Volitional	持じ続ぞくしよう
Polite volitional	持じ続ぞくしましょう
Imperative	持じ続ぞくしろ	持じ続ぞくするな
Conditional	持じ続ぞくすれば	持じ続ぞくしなければ
Tara conditional	持じ続ぞくしたら	持じ続ぞくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

continuation; persistence; sustaining

Used for states, actions, effects, or conditions that continue over time. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive/intransitive verb.

この薬くすりの効こう果かは長ちょう時じ間かん持じ続ぞくする。
The effect of this medicine lasts for a long time.
集しゅう中ちゅう力りょくを持じ続ぞくさせるのは難むずかしい。
It's difficult to sustain concentration.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉の効こう果かが持じ続ぞくするan effect (of a medicine, treatment, etc.) continues for a period
この薬くすりの効こう果かは約やく六ろく時じ間かん持じ続ぞくする。
This medicine's effect lasts about six hours.
〈事こと〉を持じ続ぞくさせるto keep something (motivation, a state, etc.) going
やる気きを持じ続ぞくさせるのは簡かん単たんではない。
It's not easy to keep your motivation going.
持じ続ぞく可か能のうな〈物もの〉sustainable (society, development, resource, etc.)
持じ続ぞく可か能のうな社しゃ会かいを目め指ざす取とり組くみが増ふえている。
Efforts aimed at building a sustainable society are increasing.

Kanji

持hold, have
続continue, series, sequel

Transitive / intransitive

持続 can be used both transitively and intransitively with する: intransitively, 効果が持続する (the effect continues); transitively, 効果を持続させる (to make the effect continue).

Related words· 9

継けい続ぞくN2
継続 stresses an unbroken chain of deliberate actions or events, while 持続 focuses on a state or effect simply continuing on its own.
維い持じN2
維持 implies active effort to keep something in a certain condition, whereas 持続 describes the state itself continuing without necessarily implying effort.
持じ久きゅう
持続 means continuing or sustaining something over time in a general sense, while 持久 specifically emphasizes enduring or holding out against fatigue or strain.
永えい続ぞく
持続 implies actively maintaining a state or action for a period, whereas 永続 suggests an inherent, indefinite continuation without a specified end.

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続つづくN4
持続する emphasizes a state or effect being maintained steadily over time, whereas 続く is broader and covers any ongoing action or condition.
続つづけるN4
持続する emphasizes maintaining a state or effect over time, while 続ける is the plain verb for continuing an action.
長なが続つづきN1
持続 emphasizes sustaining a state or effort over time, whereas 長続き focuses on the sheer duration and is commonly used in negative sentences like 長続きしない.
保たもつN1
持続する emphasizes something continuing or persisting over time, while 保つ emphasizes actively keeping a state unchanged.
保ほ持じ
持続 focuses on a state or action continuing over time, while 保持 focuses on actively holding onto that state without losing it.

Opposites

中ちゅう断だんN2
中断 means an interruption or break in something, the opposite of 持続, which means an uninterrupted continuation.

Don't confuse with

存そん続ぞくN1
存続 means an organization, system, or institution continuing to exist, while 持続 refers more broadly to any state, effect, or action lasting over time.

Word family· 11

持じ続ぞく力りょく
durability; staying power; endurance
持じ続ぞく性せい
durability; persistence; sustainability
持じ続ぞく的てき
continuous; sustained; sustainable; durable; persistent
持じ続ぞく可か能のう
sustainable
持じ続ぞく時じ間かん
duration; span

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持じ続ぞく勃ぼっ起き症しょう
priapism
持じ続ぞく可か能のう性せい
sustainability
持じ続ぞく感かん染せん者しゃ
chronic carrier; persistent carrier of infection
持じ続ぞく化か給きゅう付ふ金きん
sustainability subsidy; COVID-19 business subsidy
持じ続ぞく陰いん性せい化か率りつ
sustained virological response; SVR

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Etymology

Compound of 持 (ji, 'to hold') and 続 (zoku, 'to continue'). The meaning is transparent from its components.