Word Meaning 話の穂を継ぐ

はなしのほをつぐ hanashi no ho o tsugu

話の穂を継ぐ is read as はなしのほをつぐ (hanashi no ho o tsugu) and means to pick up the thread of a story.

Meaning

English

to pick up the thread of a story
to resume a conversation

Reading

Kana

はなしのほをつぐ

Romaji

hanashi no ho o tsugu

Writing Variants

話の穂をつぐ はなしのほをつぐ hanashi no hootsugu

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 48 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 114142 Priority R

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

話題を振る

わだいをふる

to bring up a subject

話を盛る

はなしをもる

to exaggerate

話を振る

はなしをふる

to bring up a subject

話題騒然

わだいそうぜん

being much talked about

受け継ぐ

うけつぐ

to inherit

引き継ぐ

ひきつぐ

to take over

継ぐ

つぐ

to patch (clothes)

語り継ぐ

かたりつぐ

to pass down (a story) from generation to generation

乗り継ぐ

のりつぐ

to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.)

後を継ぐ

あとをつぐ

to succeed (someone)

言い継ぐ

いいつぐ

to transmit by word of mouth

言葉を継ぐ

ことばをつぐ

to continue (to say)