後継

こうけい

succession

家を継ぐ

いえをつぐ

to succeed to a house

息を継ぐ

いきをつぐ

to take a breath, to pause for a breath, to catch one's breath

継ぐ

つぐ

to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)

後継者

こうけいしゃ

successor

後継機

こうけいき

successor machine; later model

言葉を継ぐ

ことばをつぐ

to continue (to say)

遺志を継ぐ

いしをつぐ

to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish

話の穂を継ぐ

はなしのほをつぐ

to pick up the thread of a story, to resume a conversation

後継者争い

こうけいしゃあらそい

succession struggle, succession race

受け継ぐ

うけつぐ

to inherit, to succeed, to take over

引き継ぐ

ひきつぐ

to take over, to hand over

語り継ぐ

かたりつぐ

to transmit, to hand down

乗り継ぐ

のりつぐ

to connect (with a different flight), to make a (flight) connection, to change (planes, trains, etc.)

言い継ぐ

いいつぐ

to transmit by word of mouth

読み継ぐ

よみつぐ

to read in succession (e.g. by many readers)

後を引く

あとをひく

to be moreish, to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after

後を追う

あとをおう

to pursue

後を弔う

あとをとむらう ごをとむらう

to perform religious rites for the repose of a soul