Word Meaning 継ぐ
継ぐ is read as つぐ (tsugu) and means to patch (clothes).
Meaning
English
- to patch (clothes)
- to mend
- to repair
- to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.)
- to inherit
- to take over
- to follow
- to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire)
Reading
Kana
つぐ
Romaji
tsugu
Writing Variants
- 嗣ぐ つぐ tsugu
- 襲ぐ つぐ tsugu
- 続ぐ つぐ tsugu
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
8兄の後を継ぐのは私です。
あにのあとをつぐのはわたしです。
I am the one who will succeed my older brother.
切れた布をきれいに継ぐのは難しい。
きれたぬのをきれいにつぐのはむずかしい。
It is difficult to neatly patch torn cloth.
誰が王位を継ぐのですか。
Who will succeed to the throne?
この会社は誰が引き継ぐと思う?
Who do you think will take over the company?
いずれは親の跡を継ぐんでしょう?
Sooner or later, you will succeed your parents won't you?
トムは父親の事業を継ぐため、ボストンに戻った。
Tom moved back to Boston to take over his father's business.
初めはさ、家の仕事を継ぐ気はさらさらなかったんだ。
At first, I didn't intend to take over the family business.
しかし、言語の場合は、私達が遺伝的に受け継ぐのは、話したり、理解したりする能力だけである。私達が話す特定の1つないし複数の言語は、遺伝ではなく、文化的な伝達によって伝えられるのである。
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
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