継ぐ

Meanings

1. Godan verb · Transitive

   to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow

2. Godan verb · Transitive

   to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair

3. Godan verb · Transitive

   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)

4. Godan verb · Transitive

   to connect (stones)

In Spanish

1. suceder (a alguien en un negocio o herencia)

Kanji in this word

• 継

Example sentences

• 誰だれが王位おういを継つぐのですか。

  Who will succeed to the throne?

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• 彼かれに家業かぎょうを継つぐようにときつけた。

  I persuaded him to take on the family business.

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