Meanings
Verb (5-dan, ぐ, transitive)
1. 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)
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Used in vocabulary (21 in total)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
Examples (8 in total)
He will succeed to the throne.
Tom inherited the family business.
He wants to take over his father's business.