後こう継けい者しゃ

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Meanings

Refers to a person who takes over a role, position, business, or tradition from a predecessor. Often used in formal, business, or historical contexts.

彼かれは社しゃ長ちょうの後こう継けい者しゃに指し名めいされた。
He was named as the successor to the company president.
伝でん統とう芸げい能のうの後こう継けい者しゃを育そだてることは急きゅう務むだ。
Training successors for traditional performing arts is an urgent task.

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Kanji

後behind, back, later
継inherit, succeed, continue
者someone, person

Related words· 7

二に世せい
後継者 is a neutral, formal word for 'successor' in any field, while 二世 (in its colloquial sense) specifically implies a child who takes over a parent's career or status.
後こう者しゃN3
後継者 is the common, specific word for a successor to a position or role, whereas 後者 in this sense is rare and mostly literary.
後こう任にん
後継者 is a broader term for a successor or heir, often in family or leadership contexts, whereas 後任 specifically denotes an appointed replacement in a job or post.
跡あと継つぎN1
後継者 is a formal, often abstract term used in business or political succession, while 跡継ぎ carries a more personal, familial nuance of inheriting a household or trade.

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継つぎ
後継者 is the formal term for a successor to a position or organization, while 継ぎ is a simpler, more everyday word for an heir.
嗣し
後継者 is the everyday, neutral word for a successor in any field, while 嗣 is a formal, often literary term tied to hereditary succession.
担にない手て
後継者 specifically means a successor who takes over from a predecessor, whereas 担い手 covers anyone currently sustaining or supporting an activity, not just successors.

Opposites

先せん代だいN1
先代 is the person who held a position before, while 後継者 is the successor who takes over after them.

Word family

後こう継けい者しゃ争あらそい
succession struggle; succession race

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後こう継けい+者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 後 (after, later) + 継 (inherit, succeed) + 者 (person). The word follows a standard Sino-Japanese pattern for forming agent nouns.