Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
そう
Grade: 3
ぞく
Hyōgaiji
goon
For pronunciation and definitions of 相續 – see the following entry.
相続そうぞく
[noun] [from 1283] succession or inheritance of a position, for example as head of a household or organization, or in a specific role
[noun] [from 1886] (law) succession or inheritance of the assets and liabilities of a deceased person (the act of inheriting, rather than the thing inherited)
[noun] [from 820] (archaic, possibly obsolete) the act of carrying on with an action, or of continuing to do something without cease
[verb] [from 1283] to succeed to or inherit a position, for example as head of a household or organization, or in a specific role
[verb] [from 1886] (law) to inherit the assets and liabilities of a deceased person
(This term, 相續, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)