継ぐ

つぐ

Also written 嗣ぐ, 続ぐ, 襲ぐ

Meanings

1. Godan verb, Transitive to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow
2. to patch (clothes); to mend; to repair
3. 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. to connect (stones) (usu. ツぐ) See also: 継ぎ (つぎ).

Kanji

• 継 carry on. Read as つぐ.

Example sentences

• 医者は彼の折れた足をついだ。
  The doctor set his broken leg.
• さあ、中内さん。一杯つぎましょう。
  Let me fill up your glass, Mr Nakauchi.
• お父さんが引退なさるときにはあの人が後を継ぐのです。
  He will take over the business when his father retires.
• エドワードが叔父の財産を継いだ。
  Edward succeeded to his uncle's estate.
• 私は父の仕事を継いだ。
  I took over my father's job.

Common phrases

• 後を継ぐ (あとをつぐ) to succeed (someone)
• 家を継ぐ (いえをつぐ) to succeed to a house
• 家業を継ぐ
• 遺志を継ぐ (いしをつぐ) to follow someone's last wishes
• 名を継ぐ
• 店を継ぐ
• 意志を継ぐ
• 会社を継ぐ
• 志を継ぐ
• 意思を継ぐ
• 農家を継ぐ
• 寺を継ぐ
• 実家を継ぐ
• 父から継ぐ
• 家元を継ぐ

Words containing 継ぐ

• 継ぎ目 (つぎめ) joint
• 乗り継ぎ便 (のりつぎびん) connecting flight
• 継ぎ足す (つぎたす) to extend (e.g. a house)

And 18 more.

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