Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 3
ぞく
Grade: 4
goon
Alternative spelling
相續 (kyūjitai)
 
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Etymology edit

Ultimately from Middle Chinese 相續 (literally successively, one after another + to succeed, to continue). First attested in Japanese in 820.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(そう)(ぞく) (sōzokuさうぞく (sauzoku)?

  1. [from 1283] succession or inheritance of a position, for example as head of a household or organization, or in a specific role
  2. [from 1886] (law) succession or inheritance of the assets and liabilities of a deceased person (the act of inheriting, rather than the thing inherited)
  3. [from 820] (archaic, possibly obsolete) the act of carrying on with an action, or of continuing to do something without cease

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

(そう)(ぞく)する (sōzoku suruさうぞく (sauzoku)?suru (stem (そう)(ぞく) (sōzoku shi), past (そう)(ぞく)した (sōzoku shita))

  1. [from 1283] to succeed to or inherit a position, for example as head of a household or organization, or in a specific role
  2. [from 1886] (law) to inherit the assets and liabilities of a deceased person

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ 相続”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
  2. 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  4. 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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN