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継ぐ つぐ N3

  1. to follow; to inherit; to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to take over
  2. to mend; to patch (clothes); to repair
  3. to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to feed with; to follow up with (e.g. remarks); to gather (one's breath); to replenish with
  4. to connect (stones)

受け継ぐ うけつぐ N1

  1. to inherit; to succeed; to take over

引き継ぐ ひきつぐ

  1. to carry on (a tradition); to continue; to inherit; to succeed to; to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.)
  2. to hand over

語り継ぐ かたりつぐ

  1. to hand down; to pass down (a story) from generation to generation

乗り継ぐ のりつぐ

  1. to change (planes, trains, etc.); to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection

言い継ぐ いいつぐ

  1. to transmit by word of mouth

家を継ぐ いえをつぐ

  1. to succeed to a house

言葉を継ぐ ことばをつぐ

  1. to continue (to say)

読み継ぐ よみつぐ

  1. to read in succession (e.g. by many readers)

後を継ぐ あとをつぐ

  1. to pick up the torch; to succeed (someone); to take over from
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