inherit, succeed, continue, patch, graft (tree)

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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)

受け継ぐ受けつぐけつぐTransitiveGodan verbFreq #4724
1

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

Examples
彼はその財産を受け継ぐ資格はない。
He has no claim to the property.
引き継ぐきつTransitiveGodan verbFreq #5385
1

to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to carry on (a tradition); to continue

Examples
私の息子が仕事を引き継ぐだろう。
My son will take over the job.
2

to hand over

継続いぞくNounIntransitiveTransitive~する VerbFreq #6049
1

continuation; continuance; going on

Examples
交渉を継続することで合意しました。
We have agreed to continue the negotiations.
相次ぐいつぐ相継ぐIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #8111
1

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

Examples
相次ぐ不祥事にも関わらず、警察はオメオメ違反切符を切っている。
Despite their own scandals, the police continue to make arrests as though nothing had happened at all.
継承いしょうNounFreq #9372
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb

inheritance; succession; accession

Examples
彼は王位を継承することになっていた。
He was to succeed to the throne.
2

Law

share-alike

3

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Computing

inheritance

後継者うけいしゃNounFreq #9383
1

successor

Examples
国王の長男は、王座の後継者である。
The king's eldest son is the heir to the throne.
中継ゅうけいNounTransitive~する VerbFreq #10366
1

relay; hook-up

2

Abbreviation

relay broadcasting

跡継ぎ後継ぎ跡継後継つぎNounFreq #15318
1

heir; inheritor

2

successor

語り継ぐ語りつぐたりつTransitiveGodan verbFreq #17015
1

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

Examples
これらの伝説は私達の子孫に語り継がれるべきだ。
These legends should be handed down to our offspring.

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