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つぐ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, ぐ, transitive)
1. to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow
My older brother took over the company.
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)
And then he went on to say this.
4. to connect (stones)
usu. ツぐ
Alt. forms
継つぐ
85%
つぐ
14%
嗣つぐ
続つぐ
襲つぐ
Pitch accent
つ
ぐ
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Conjugations...Used in: 926
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
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Examples (14 in total)
My older brother took over the company.
I want to carry on my older brother's will.
My big brother took over our family home.
He will succeed to the throne.
Tom inherited the family business.
He wants to take over his father's business.
Yeah, I'm going to take over Dad's business.
Edward inherited his uncle's estate.
And then he went on to say this.
Even though I have inherited my father's camera, I do not photograph people.
Holding my aching head, I go on speaking.
After saying that, I couldn't go on.
At first, I had no intention of taking over the family business.
My father was the second prince, and his elder brother had succeeded to the throne.