承

Meaning

承 centers on receiving something from another, whether it's information (hearing, being informed) or a request (acquiescing, accepting). The core idea is taking in what is given.

• 承認しょうにん
  N2

  recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

• 了承りょうしょう
  N2

  acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent

• 承知しょうち
  N3

  knowledge; awareness

• 継承けいしょう

  inheritance; succession; accession

• 承諾しょうだく
  N2

  consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

• 承しょう

  second line of a four-line Chinese poem

• 伝承でんしょう

  handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

• 承るうけたまわる
  N2

  to hear; to be told; to know

• 承継しょうけい

  succession; accession; inheritance

• 起承転結きしょうてんけつ

  introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry)

• 承服しょうふく

  accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement; consent

• 承前しょうぜん

  continued

• 相承そうしょう

  inheritance

• 口承こうしょう

  passing on by word of mouth; oral tradition

• ご了承くださいごりょうしょうください

  please be aware (that ...); please note (that ...); please understand (that ...)

• ご了承ごりょうしょう

  acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent

• ご承知おきくださいごしょうちおきください

  please be aware (that ...); please note (that ...); please understand (that ...)

• ご承知のようにごしょうちのように

  as you know; as you are aware

• オーストリア継承戦争オーストリアけいしょうせんそう

  War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748)

• スペイン継承戦争スペインけいしょうせんそう

  War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714)

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