相続
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 相 | 続 |
| そう Grade: 3 |
ぞく Grade: 4 |
| goon | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 相續 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 相續 (literally “successively, one after another + to succeed, to continue”). First attested in Japanese in 820.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
相続 • (sōzoku) ←さうぞく (sauzoku)?
- succession or inheritance of a position, for example as head of a household or organization, or in a specific role
- (law) succession or inheritance of the assets and liabilities of a deceased person (the act of inheriting, rather than the thing inherited)
- (archaic, possibly obsolete) the act of carrying on with an action, or of continuing to do something without cease
Derived terms
- 相続税 (sōzokuzei): an inheritance tax, a death duty
- 相続権 (sōzokuken): right of inheritance, right of succession, heirship
- 相続人 (sōzokunin): a successor, an heir
Verb
相続する • (sōzoku suru) ←さうぞく (sauzoku)?suru (stem 相続し (sōzoku shi), past 相続した (sōzoku shita))
- to succeed to or inherit a position, for example as head of a household or organization, or in a specific role
- (law) to inherit the assets and liabilities of a deceased person
Conjugation
Conjugation of "相続する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 相続し | そうぞくし | sōzoku shi | |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 相続し | そうぞくし | sōzoku shi | |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 相続する | そうぞくする | sōzoku suru | |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 相続する | そうぞくする | sōzoku suru | |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 相続すれ | そうぞくすれ | sōzoku sure | |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 相続せよ¹ 相続しろ² |
そうぞくせよ¹ そうぞくしろ² |
sōzoku seyo¹ sōzoku shiro² | |
| Key constructions | ||||
| Passive | 相続される | そうぞくされる | sōzoku sareru | |
| Causative | 相続させる 相続さす |
そうぞくさせる そうぞくさす |
sōzoku saseru sōzoku sasu | |
| Potential | 相続できる | そうぞくできる | sōzoku dekiru | |
| Volitional | 相続しよう | そうぞくしよう | sōzoku shiyō | |
| Negative | 相続しない | そうぞくしない | sōzoku shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 相続せず | そうぞくせず | sōzoku sezu | |
| Formal | 相続します | そうぞくします | sōzoku shimasu | |
| Perfective | 相続した | そうぞくした | sōzoku shita | |
| Conjunctive | 相続して | そうぞくして | sōzoku shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 相続すれば | そうぞくすれば | sōzoku sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative | ||||
References
- ^ “相続”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN