持続します（じぞくします、jizokushimasu）
- to sustain

The Japanese word 持続します じぞくします means "to continue," "to last," "to persist," or "to sustain." It describes an action, state, or condition that remains over a period of time. It implies a degree of continuity or endurance. The word emphasizes the maintenance of something without interruption or significant change. 持続 itself means "duration" or "continuation".

⚫︎この薬の効果は 8 時間持続します。 Translation: The effect of this medicine lasts for 8 hours. ⚫︎会議は 3 時間持続します。 Translation: The meeting will last for 3 hours. ⚫︎彼の努力は成功を持続します。 Translation: His efforts will sustain success.

⚫︎持続します is a formal verb, so it is often used in more formal settings, such as business meetings, presentations, and written communication. ⚫︎You can use it to describe how long something will last, how long an action or a process will continue, or the endurance of a quality or a characteristic. ⚫︎It is often used with time expressions (e.g., 3 時間, 8 時間) to indicate the duration of an event or state. ⚫︎The subject is what is 持続します, and the time or reason for it to last is the object or described with a clause. ⚫︎持続します can be used in the present or future tense, depending on the context.

⚫︎The word is typically written as 持続します in Kanji and Hiragana. ⚫︎The base form, 持続, is written in kanji, and the polite verb ending しますis in Hiragana. ⚫︎Variations in okurigana (the suffix hiragana) are not common, and 持続します always has the particle します. ⚫︎Conjugation: * Present affirmative: 持続します じぞくします * Present negative: 持続しません * Past affirmative: 持続しました * Past negative: 持続しませんでした

⚫︎続きます (tsuzukimasu) - to continue; a more general term for continuation. ⚫︎続く (tsudzuku) - to continue (dictionary form) ⚫︎継続します (keizoku shimasu) - to continue, to carry on; emphasizes the ongoing nature. ⚫︎長持ちします (nagamochi shimasu) - to last a long time. ⚫︎維持します (iji shimasu) - to maintain; emphasizes the preservation of something.

⚫︎終わります (owarimasu) - to end; to finish. ⚫︎終了します (shūryō shimasu) - to finish; to conclude. ⚫︎中断します (chūdan shimasu) - to interrupt; to suspend.

このプロジェクトは来年も持続しますか？ ・Translation: Will this project continue next year? ・Explanation: This sentence uses 持続します to inquire about the continuation of a project.

良い習慣は長く持続します。 ・Translation: Good habits last a long time. ・Explanation: This sentence illustrates the use of 持続します to describe the enduring nature of good habits.

⚫︎持続 (jizoku) comes from the combination of two kanji: * 持 (ji) - to hold, to maintain, to have * 続 (zoku) - to continue, to follow ⚫︎します (shimasu) is the polite verb conjugation.