承継・紹継|しょうけいshoukei[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verbsuccession; accession; inheritance
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 承継する(しょうけいする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 承継します(しょうけいします) |
| Negative (nai) | 承継しない(しょうけいしない) |
| polite (masen) | 承継しません(しょうけいしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 承継せず・承継せぬ(しょうけいせず・しょうけいせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 承継した(しょうけいした) |
| polite (mashita) | 承継しました(しょうけいしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 承継しなかった(しょうけいしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 承継しませんでした(しょうけいしませんでした) |
| Te form | 承継して(しょうけいして) |
| Potential | 承継できる(しょうけいできる) |
| Passive | 承継される(しょうけいされる) |
| Causative | 承継させる(しょうけいさせる) |
| Causative passive | 承継させられる(しょうけいさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 承継すれば(しょうけいすれば) |
| tara | 承継したら(しょうけいしたら) |
| Volitional | 承継しよう(しょうけいしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 承継しましょう(しょうけいしましょう) |
| Imperative | 承継しろ(しょうけいしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym譲り受けるゆずりうけるNeutralReceiving items or rights transferred from another party, between individuals or companies alike; 「承継」 is the legal succession of rights and duties.
- Synonym受け継ぐうけつぐNeutralThe most general choice: inheriting traditions, a business, or traits such as character; unlike 「承継」 it does not stress a legal relationship.
- SynonymつぐNeutralSucceeding to a family trade or the throne, as in 「家業を継ぐ」; leans toward taking over a predecessor's role.
- Synonym継承けいしょうWrittenWritten style: carrying on systems, methods or culture, as in 「伝統の継承」; its focus is on handing down institutions and traditions more than on the legal side 「承継」 stresses.
- Synonym相続そうぞくNeutralInheriting an estate and the accompanying rights and duties when a person dies, as in 「遺産相続」; common in everyday use as well.
- Related相伝そうでんWrittenWritten style: transmission down through the generations, as in 「一子相伝」; leans toward secret techniques and arts.
- Related相承そうしょうWrittenWritten style: passing learning down between master and disciple or parent and child; leans toward scholarship and Buddhist teachings.
- Related継受けいじゅWrittenWritten term for inheriting and taking something over; used mainly in legal-history scholarship.
Use 「承継」 for legal succession of rights, duties, or a position, as in 「事業承継」「権利承継」. To carry on traditions, choose 「受け継ぐ」 or 「継承」; for inheriting an estate, 「相続」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


