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)