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    3. 跡取り

    跡取り

    跡あと取とり​

    heir

    KMT10News #39+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab23 strokes

    あととり

    Noun

    1.
    heir, heiress, inheritor, successor

    Stroke 0 / 23

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれはその家いえの跡あと取とりだ。

    He is the heir to that family.

    KMT6Family & Relationships
    長ちょう男なんが家か業ぎょうの跡あと取とりとして期き待たいされている。

    The eldest son is expected to be the successor to the family business.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsWork & CareerBusiness & Finance
    跡あと取とり問もん題だいは、中ちゅう小しょう企き業ぎょうの経けい営えい者しゃにとって深しん刻こくな課か題だいである。

    The issue of succession is a serious challenge for small and medium-sized business owners.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsBusiness & FinanceWork & Career
    跡あと取とりがいないため、その伝でん統とう工こう芸げいは途と絶だえてしまうかもしれない。

    Because there is no successor, that traditional craft might die out.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions
    かつては、跡あと取とりの誕たん生じょうは家いえにとって非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ような出で来き事ごとだった。

    In the past, the birth of an heir was a very important event for a family.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsHistoryCulture & Traditions

    Characters that make up this word

    跡
    あと…(1)
    tracks・mark・print・impression
    Kanji
    取
    と.る・と.り・と.り-・とり・-ど.り…(2)
    take・fetch・take up
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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