継つぐ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, ぐ, transitive)
1. to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow
2. to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair
3. 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. to connect (stones)
usu. ツぐ
Kanji used
inherit
Pitch accent
つ
ぐ
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Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to hand over
to continue (to say)
Examples (6 in total)
He will succeed to the throne.
Tom inherited the family business.
He wants to take over his father's business.