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受け継ぐ (うけつぐ): to inherit, to succeed — Japanese vocabulary

受け継ぐ is read うけつぐ and means "to inherit, to succeed". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

受け継ぐ

Reading
うけつぐ · uketsugu
Translation
to inherit, to succeed
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
うけつぐがうけつぐが

Example

彼は父から受けついだものを浪費した。

かれはちちからうけついだものをろうひした。

He wasted that which he had received from his father.

Kanji in this word

  • 受 — receive
  • 継 — inherit, continue

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