Word Meaning 継ぐ

つぐ tsugu

継ぐ is read as つぐ (tsugu) and means to patch (clothes).

Meaning

English

  1. to patch (clothes)
  2. to mend
  3. to repair
  4. to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.)
  5. to inherit
  6. to take over
  7. to follow
  8. 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

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 5990 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

継続

けいぞく

continuation

継ぎはぎ

つぎはぎ

cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.)

継母

けいぼ

stepmother

継投

けいとう

relieving the (starting) pitcher

継続的

けいぞくてき

continuous

継承

けいしょう

inheritance

継ぎ目

つぎめ

joint

継ぎ

つぎ

join

継続時間

けいぞくじかん

duration

継続協議

けいぞくきょうぎ

continued consultation

継続行

けいぞくぎょう

continuation line

継続戦争

けいぞくせんそう

Continuation War (between Finland and the Soviet Union; 1941-1944)

Example Sentences

8

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.

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.

Who will succeed to the throne?

Who do you think will take over the company?

Sooner or later, you will succeed your parents won't you?

Tom moved back to Boston to take over his father's business.

At first, I didn't intend to take over the family business.

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.