引き継ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
引 継
ひ
Grade: 2 		つ
Grade: S
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
引き繼ぐ (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Verb

引(ひ)き継(つ)ぐ • (hikitsugu) transitive godan (stem 引(ひ)き継(つ)ぎ (hikitsugi), past 引(ひ)き継(つ)いだ (hikitsuida))

  1. take over, assume, inherit
  2. hand over, pass on

Conjugation

Conjugation of "引き継ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 引き継が ひきつが hikitsuga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 引き継ぎ ひきつぎ hikitsugi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 引き継ぐ ひきつぐ hikitsugu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 引き継ぐ ひきつぐ hikitsugu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 引き継げ ひきつげ hikitsuge
Meireikei ("imperative") 引き継げ ひきつげ hikitsuge
Key constructions
Passive 引き継がれる ひきつがれる hikitsugareru
Causative 引き継がせる
引き継がす 		ひきつがせる
ひきつがす 		hikitsugaseru
hikitsugasu
Potential 引き継げる ひきつげる hikitsugeru
Volitional 引き継ごう ひきつごう hikitsugō
Negative 引き継がない ひきつがない hikitsuganai
Negative continuative 引き継がず ひきつがず hikitsugazu
Formal 引き継ぎます ひきつぎます hikitsugimasu
Perfective 引き継いだ ひきついだ hikitsuida
Conjunctive 引き継いで ひきついで hikitsuide
Hypothetical conditional 引き継げば ひきつげば hikitsugeba
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