Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 引き継ぐ(ひきつぐ) in Japanese

引き継ぐ, 引継ぐ, 引きつぐ
Kana Reading
ひきつぐ
Romaji
hikitsugu
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    Godan verb with `gu' ending, transitive verb
    Meaning
    to take over; to hand over
    Example sentence
    48歳の川勝良一監督ことし6月福岡引き継いが、46歳の松田監督とは因縁浅からぬ関係 The 48-year-old Ryouichi Kawakatsu took over as coach at Fukuoka in June this year, but his fate is closely linked with that of 46-year-old Matsuda.

Examples of 引き継ぐ, 引継ぐ, 引きつぐ, ひきつぐ in a sentence


Verb Conjugations

Non-Past

Plain
引き継ぐ
Plain Polite
引き継ぎます
Negative
引き継がない
Negative Polite
引き継ぎません

Past

Plain
引き継いだ
Plain Polite
引き継ぎました
Negative
引き継がなかった
Negative Polite
引き継ぎませんでした

Te

Plain
引き継いで
Plain Polite
引き継ぎまして
Negative
--
Negative Polite
--

Passive

Plain
引き継がれる
Plain Polite
引き継がれます
Negative
引き継がれない
Negative Polite
引き継がれません


Kanji in this word

JLPT 1

13 strokes

inherit, succeed, patch, graft (tree)

On'Yomi: ケイ

Kun'Yomi: つ.ぐ, まま-

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JLPT 4

4 strokes

pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to

On'Yomi: イン

Kun'Yomi: ひ.く, ひ.き, ひ.き-, -び.き, ひ.ける

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