Illustration: In an apartment courtyard, a schoolchild keeps a skipping rope moving in smooth, regular loops, maintaining the same comfortable rhythm. Nearby, a younger sibling sits on a bench beside a finished snack wrapper and an empty drink carton, now resting his chin in both hands as he waits.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

持じ続ぞく

jizoku

to continue, to sustain

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは持続じぞく可能かのうな開発かいはつの専門家せんもんかです。

    He is a specialist in sustainable development.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 火入ひいれをしない場合ばあいは瓶内部びんないぶで発酵はっこうが持続じぞくし、発泡性はっぽうせいのものになる。

    If no pasteurization takes place, fermentation continues in the bottle and sake changes into a sparkling one.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. これは、蚊かが触ふれるだけで殺虫効果さっちゅうこうかがあり、5年間ねんかんほど効果こうかが持続じぞくする。

    These have the effect of killing mosquitoes which come into contact with the net and remain effective for a period of five years.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 持続

  • 持hold; haveOnジKunもつ・もてる
  • 続continue; seriesOnゾク・ショク・コウKunつづく・つづける・つぐない

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