乗り継ぐ|のりつぐnoritsugu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, transitive verbto connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
Conjugation
Dictionary form乗り継ぐ(のりつぐ)
Polite (masu)乗り継ぎます(のりつぎます)
Negative (nai)乗り継がない(のりつがない)
polite (masen)乗り継ぎません(のりつぎません)
classical zu / nu乗り継がず・乗り継がぬ(のりつがず・のりつがぬ)
Past (ta)乗り継いだ(のりついだ)
polite (mashita)乗り継ぎました(のりつぎました)
Past negative (nakatta)乗り継がなかった(のりつがなかった)
polite (masen deshita)乗り継ぎませんでした(のりつぎませんでした)
Te form乗り継いで(のりついで)
Potential乗り継げる(のりつげる)
Passive乗り継がれる(のりつがれる)
Causative乗り継がせる(のりつがせる)
Causative passive乗り継がせられる・乗り継がされる(のりつがせられる・のりつがされる)
Conditional (ba)乗り継げば(のりつげば)
tara乗り継いだら(のりついだら)
Volitional乗り継ごう(のりつごう)
polite (mashou)乗り継ぎましょう(のりつぎましょう)
Imperative乗り継げ(のりつげ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym乗り換えるのりかえるNeutralThe everyday word for switching from one vehicle to another; the most common choice. 「乗り継ぐ」 stresses making connections over several legs to reach your destination.
  • Related乗り移るのりうつるWrittenWritten/formal prose. Covers changing vehicles but also possession by a god or spirit; 「乗り継ぐ」 refers only to making travel connections.

For everyday changes of vehicle, use 「乗り換える」. Use 「乗り継ぐ」 when you make connections over several legs to reach a destination, as in 「飛行機を乗り継ぐ」. For a god or spirit possessing someone, use 「乗り移る」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 目的地もくてきちに行いくまでにいくつかの乗り物のりものに乗り換のりかえて行いく。
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