受け継ぐ – Vocabulary details

受うけ継つぐ

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, ぐ, transitive)

1. to inherit; to succeed; to take over

その性せい質しつを私わたしも受うけ継ついでいるんだろうか。I wonder if I have inherited that nature as well.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

受

receive

継

inherit

Pitch accent

う

けつぐ

う

けつ

ぐ

Conjugations...Used in: 2555

Composed of

受うけ

popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)

継つぐ

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

Examples (10 in total)

母はは親おやの青あおい目めを受うけ継ついでいる。

She inherited her mother's blue eyes.

私わたしは彼かれの財ざい産さんを受うけ継ついだ。

I inherited his estate.

彼かれは莫ばく大だいな遺い産さんを受うけ継ついだ。

He inherited a great fortune.

この伝でん統とうは代だい々だい受うけ継つがれている。

This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation.

その性せい質しつを私わたしも受うけ継ついでいるんだろうか。

I wonder if I have inherited that nature as well.

この習しゅう慣かんは世せ代だいから世せ代だいへと受うけ継つがれてきた。

This custom has been handed down from generation to generation.

彼かれは父ちちの天てん才さいを幾いく分ぶん受うけ継ついでいる。

He has some share of his father's genius.

その瞳ひとみだけが、父ちち親おやの面おも影かげを受うけ継ついでいる。

Only those eyes carry something of his father's looks.

これらの古ふるい慣かん習しゅうは世せ代だいから世せ代だいへと受うけ継つがれてきたものだ。

These old customs have been handed down from generation to generation.

先せん輩ぱいが大だい事じに守まもってきた本ほんは、わたしがちゃんと受うけ継つぎます。