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引き継ぐ (hikitsugu) Japanese meaning: take over | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N1 › Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 引き継ぐ · godan verb (-gu)
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 引ひ き 継つ ぐ 引ひ き 継つ がない Polite 引ひ き 継つ ぎます 引ひ き 継つ ぎません Past polite 引ひ き 継つ ぎました 引ひ き 継つ ぎませんでした Past 引ひ き 継つ いだ 引ひ き 継つ がなかった Te-form 引ひ き 継つ いで 引ひ き 継つ がないで Desire 引ひ き 継つ ぎたい 引ひ き 継つ ぎたくない Potential 引ひ き 継つ げる 引ひ き 継つ げない Passive 引ひ き 継つ がれる 引ひ き 継つ がれない Causative 引ひ き 継つ がせる 引ひ き 継つ がせない Causative passive 引ひ き 継つ がせられる also 引ひ き 継つ がされる 引ひ き 継つ がせられない also 引ひ き 継つ がされない Volitional 引ひ き 継つ ごう Polite volitional 引ひ き 継つ ぎましょう Imperative 引ひ き 継つ げ 引ひ き 継つ ぐな Conditional 引ひ き 継つ げば 引ひ き 継つ がなければ Tara conditional 引ひ き 継つ いだら 引ひ き 継つ がなかったら
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I ended up taking over my father's company.
I took over the work from my senior colleague.
That tradition is still being carried on today.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 から 〈 事こと 〉 を 引ひ き 継つ ぐ to take over (a duty/task) from someone
I took over the job from my predecessor.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 〈 事こと 〉 を 引ひ き 継つ ぐ to hand over (a duty/task) to someone
Before retiring, I handed over the duties to my successor.
業ぎょう 務む を 引ひ き 継つ ぐ to take over/hand over one's job responsibilities
A new person will be taking over the job responsibilities.
伝でん 統とう を 引ひ き 継つ ぐ to carry on a tradition
He is carrying on the tradition of this festival.
Kanji 継 inherit, succeed, continue Related words· 6 受け継ぐ stresses receiving and continuing a legacy from a predecessor, while 引き継ぐ covers both taking over and handing over, especially in business handovers.
継承する is a formal, often legal or institutional term for succession, whereas 引き継ぐ is the everyday verb used for practical work handovers.
譲る means to give up or cede something (like a position or right) to someone else, while 引き継ぐ specifically implies transferring duties or work with continuity.
引き継ぐ focuses on taking over a role or matter from a predecessor and continuing it, while 引き受ける emphasizes agreeing to shoulder the responsibility.
Show 2 more 引き継ぐ is used mainly for taking over duties or work from a predecessor, whereas 継ぐ covers a wider range including family lines and traditions.
引き継ぐ means to take over or hand over duties, work, or responsibility, whereas 踏襲 focuses on continuing to follow the same method, policy, or precedent rather than transferring a role.
Don't confuse with 引き受ける means to undertake or accept a task on one's own initiative, whereas 引き継ぐ specifically means to take over something from a predecessor.
引き継ぐ means to take over duties or responsibilities from someone, while 引き渡す means to hand something over to the next party, so the direction and object of the action differ.
Written forms 引ひ き 継つ ぐ Usage 80%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency form in news and everyday use.
引ひき 継つ ぐ Usage 11%
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引ひ きつぐ Usage 5%
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Search-only variant; not recommended for active use.
Etymology Compound of 引き (hiki, continuative form of 引く 'pull') + 継ぐ (tsugu, 'succeed, inherit'). The combination conveys the idea of pulling something forward and continuing it.
ひきつぐ
Usage 4%
