heir, succeed

13 strokesFrequency 2,310JLPT N1Grade 8

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Nanori

あきつかさつぎつぐひで

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Common Words

継ぐ嗣ぐ続ぐ襲ぐTransitiveGodan verbFreq #3546
1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow

Examples
誰が王位を継ぐのですか。
Who will succeed to the throne?
2

継ぐ only

to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair

3

継ぐ only

to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with; to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath)

世継ぎ世継世嗣つぎNounFreq #23292
1

heir; successor

日嗣ひつぎNounHonorificFreq #50085
1

imperial throne

NounFreq #51965
1

succession; successor

継嗣いしNounArchaicFreq #64352
1

successor; heir; heiress

世子世嗣いしNounFreq #71578
1

heir; successor

嗣子NounFreq #72371
1

heir

後嗣うしNounFreq #90484
1

heir; successor

養嗣子うしNounFreq #140665
1

adoptive heir

皇嗣うしNounFreq #146856
1

Imperial heir; Crown Prince

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