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    3. 受け継ぐ

    受け継ぐ

    受うけ​継つぐ​

    to inherit

    N1KMT8News #20+1CoreVerb, TransitiveFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab27 strokes

    受けつぐ

    うけつぐ

    Verb, Transitive

    1.
    to inherit, to succeed, to take over

    Stroke 0 / 27

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは父ちち親おやの会かい社しゃを受うけ継ついだ。

    He inherited his father's company.

    KMT5Family & RelationshipsWork & Career
    祖そ母ぼから受うけ継つぐだきものはわたしにとってたいだ着せ物つは、私たかにとって大らも切のな宝 物 です。

    The kimono I inherited from my grandmother is a precious treasure to me.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions
    伝でん統とう的てきな技ぎ術じゅつは、世せ代だいから世せ代だいへと受 け継 がれていく。

    Traditional techniques are passed down from generation to generation.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    新あたらしいリーダーは、前ぜん任にん者しゃの残のこした課か題だいを受うけ継つぎ、解かい決けつに努つとめるだろう。

    The new leader will take over the challenges left by their predecessor and strive to solve them.

    KMT8Work & CareerPolitics & Law
    彼かれは先せん代だいの社しゃ長ちょうの経けい営えい理り念ねんを受うけ継つぎ、さらに発はっ展てんさせた。

    He inherited the previous president's management philosophy and further developed it.

    KMT9Work & CareerCore Concepts

    Characters that make up this word

    受
    う.ける・-う.け・う.かる…(2)
    accept・undergo・answer (phone)・take・get…(2)
    Kanji
    継
    つ.ぐ・まま-…(1)
    inherit・succeed・continue・patch・graft (tree)
    Kanji
    け
    ke
    Kana
    ぐ
    gu
    Kana
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