日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N2

Meaningsinherit, succeed, continue, patch, graft (tree)
On'yomiケイ
Kun'yomiつ、まま-
Strokes13
Radical

Compounds

  • patching (clothing), darning, cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.), gathering

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

  • inheritance, succession, accession, share-alike

  • continuation, continuance, maintenance, persistence

  • relieving the (starting) pitcher

  • to inherit, to succeed, to take over

Example sentences

  • We expect continued growth.

  • He succeeded to his father's estate.

  • He regretted that he had succeeded to the farm.

  • He succeeded to the family business.

  • This is a direct broadcast from the Showa theater.

  • It's ludicrous to continue business operations while selling off bit by bit the land on which your business depends.

  • Due to ill-health of the web-manager, loss of motivation and other circumstances I have decided that it is not possible to continue.

  • He was to succeed to the throne.