家を継ぐ

いえをつぐ

to succeed to a house

後を継ぐ

あとをつぐ

to succeed (someone), to take over from, to pick up the torch

息継ぎ

いきつぎ

a breather, a breathing spell

継息子

ままむすこ つぎむすこ

stepson

継ぐ

つぐ

to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)

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

息を殺す

いきをころす

to hold one's breath, to catch one's breath

息をつく

いきをつく

to take a breath, to take a short rest

息をする

いきをする

to breathe

息を呑む

いきをのむ

to catch one's breath, to gulp, to have one's breath taken away, to gasp

息を切る

いきをきる

to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

息を吐く

いきをはく

to breathe out, to exhale

言い継ぐ

いいつぐ

to transmit by word of mouth

受け継ぐ

うけつぐ

to inherit, to succeed, to take over

語り継ぐ

かたりつぐ

to transmit, to hand down

引き継ぐ

ひきつぐ

to take over, to hand over

乗り継ぐ

のりつぐ

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