相續

Japanese

Kanji in this term
相	續
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 an alternative spelling of the above term.)