連用中止
れんようちゅうしren'you chuushiformal
All examples4
and — one part ends and the next follows, in written style
毎朝六時に起き、七時の電車に乗る。
maiasa rokuji ni oki , shichiji no densha ni noru.
Every morning at six I get up and catch the seven o'clock train. neutral
この道は狭く、大きな車は通れない。
kono michi wa semaku, ookina kuruma wa toorenai.
This road is narrow, and large cars cannot get through. neutral
祖父は八十歳で亡くなり、祖母は今も一人で暮らしている。
sofu wa hachijussai de nakunari, sobo wa ima mo hitori de kurashite iru.
My grandfather died at eighty, and my grandmother still lives on her own. neutral
本製品は国内の工場で生産され、全国の店舗に出荷されております。
honseihin wa kokunai no koujou de seisan sare, zenkoku no tenpo ni shukka sarete orimasu.
This product is manufactured at our domestic plant and shipped to stores nationwide. formal
How it's formed2
Notes
Read aloud it sounds like a pause; speech uses て instead. It carries no tense itself, usually read from the sentence's end (読み、出かけました is one past sentence).