継

Meaning

継 centers on keeping something going across a break: inheriting a role, succeeding someone, continuing a line, or joining pieces together like patching cloth or grafting a tree.

• 継続けいぞく
  N2

  continuation; continuance; maintenance; persistence; going on

• 中継ちゅうけい
  N2

  relay; hook-up

• 後継こうけい

  succession

• 継承けいしょう

  inheritance; succession; accession

• 引き継ぐひきつぐ
  N1

  to take over (someone's duties, business, etc.); to inherit; to succeed to; to carry on (a tradition); to continue

• 引き継ぎひきつぎ
  N1

  taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

• 継ぐつぐ
  N2

  to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow

• 継ぎつぎ

  patch; patching

• 受け継ぐうけつぐ
  N2

  to inherit; to succeed; to take over

• 中継ぎなかつぎ
  N1

  joining; joint

• 承継しょうけい

  succession; accession; inheritance

• 乗り継ぎのりつぎ

  transit (passenger); connecting (flight); transfer (ticket)

• 継母ままはは

  stepmother

• 跡継ぎあとつぎ
  N1

  heir; inheritor

• 継投けいとう

  relieving the (starting) pitcher

• 継手つぎて

  coupler; coupling; joint; splice

• 継ぎ目つぎめ
  N1

  joint; seam; joining point

• 世継ぎよつぎ

  heir; successor

• 語り継ぐかたりつぐ

  to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down

• 継ぎ足しつぎたし

  addition; extension; elongation

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