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JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

受うけ継つぐ

uketsugu

to inherit, to take over

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはその財産ざいさんを受うけ継つぐ資格しかくはない。

    He has no claim to the property.

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  2. 私わたしは彼かれの財産ざいさんを受うけ継ついだ。

    I inherited his estate.

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  3. この伝統でんとうは代々だいだい受うけ継つがれている。

    This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation.

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Kanji in 受継

  • 受receive; acceptOnジュKunうける・うかる
  • 継inherit; succeedOnケイKunつぐ・まま-

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