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継ぐ、嗣ぐ、続ぐ、襲ぐ つぐ、ツぐ tsugu

JMdict entry #1251750

  1. Godan verb with 'gu' endingtransitive verb to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow
  2. Godan verb with 'gu' endingtransitive verb to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair
  3. Godan verb with 'gu' endingtransitive verb 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)
  4. Godan verb with 'gu' endingtransitive verb go (game) word usually written using kana alone to connect (stones)
    see: ツギ・4

Kanji in this word

inherit, succeed, continue

Example sentences

彼は父親の商売を受け継がなくてはならない。
kare ha chichioya no shoubai wo uketsuga naku te ha nara nai 。
He must succeed to his father's business.
彼は父親の仕事を受け継がなければならない。
kare ha chichioya no shigoto wo uketsuga nakere ba nara nai 。
He must succeed to his father's business.
彼は父親の仕事を引き継いだ。
kare ha chichioya no shigoto wo hikitsui da 。
He took over his father's business.
彼は父親の後を継いだ。
kare ha chichioya no ato wo tsui da 。
He took over the business from his father.
彼は父親の会社の経営を引き継いだ。
kare ha chichioya no kaisha no keiei wo hikitsui da 。
He has taken charge of his father's company.
彼は父親の会社の営業を引き継いだ。
kare ha chichioya no kaisha no eigyou wo hikitsui da 。
He has taken charge of his father's company.

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