つぐ・継ぐ・嗣ぐ・続ぐ・襲ぐtsugu[0]heiban (flat)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow
   誰だれが王位おういを継つぐのですか。↗

   Who will succeed to the throne?
2. godan verb, transitive verbto patch (clothes); to mend; to repair
3. godan verb, transitive verbto 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. godan verb, transitive verb, goto connect (stones)usu. ツぐ

• Synonym受け継ぐうけつぐNeutralCarries on traditions or a spirit received from a predecessor; 「継ぐ」 centers on succeeding to a family business or throne, and also covers mending and adding charcoal.
• Synonym相続そうぞくFormalFormal term for legal inheritance of an estate; 「継ぐ」 instead centers on succeeding to a family business or enterprise.
• Synonym引き継ぐひきつぐNeutralTaking over someone's duties or business; the word for work handovers. 「継ぐ」 centers on succeeding to a family business.
• Synonym承継しょうけいFormalFormal written word for succeeding to rights and duties, with a legal flavor; 「継ぐ」 is more everyday.
• Synonym譲り受けるゆずりうけるNeutralReceiving or buying something another person transfers to you; 「継ぐ」 centers on succeeding to a family business.
• Related継承けいしょうWrittenWritten noun for succession or inheritance, as in 「王位継承」「伝統の継承」; 「継ぐ」 is the verb.
• Related世襲せしゅうFormalFormal term for hereditary succession, stressing status passed down through the generations; 「継ぐ」 is broader.
• Related相伝そうでんWrittenWritten word for arts or skills handed down from generation to generation; 「継ぐ」 centers on succeeding to a family business.
• Related相承そうしょうWrittenRare written word for learning or arts passed on between teacher and disciple; 「継ぐ」 is the everyday choice.
• Related継受けいじゅWrittenRare written word for taking over or inheriting things such as laws; 「継ぐ」 is more everyday.
• Antonym断つたつWrittenTo sever or cut off; the opposite of 「継ぐ」, which carries things on rather than ending them.

Use 「継ぐ」 for succeeding to a family business or throne, and for continuing speech or patching clothes, as in 「家業を継ぐ」「言葉を継ぐ」. For carrying on traditions use 「受け継ぐ」, for inheriting an estate 「相続」, for handing over work 「引き継ぐ」, and for hereditary succession 「世襲」.

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1. （継つぐ）あとに続つづけて絶たえないようにする。保たもつ。連続れんぞくする、継続けいぞくする。
2. （継つぐ、接はぐ）別べつのものをひっつける。繫つなぐ。
3. （接はぐ）骨ほねや木きをつなぎ合あわせる。接骨せっこつする。
4. （嗣つぐ、継つぐ）家いえ、財産ざいさんを引ひきつぐ。
5. （襲かさねぐ）うけつぐ。世襲せしゅうする。
6. （継つぐ、注そそぐ）後ごから加くわえる。補おぎなう。