相続
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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相 | 続 |
そう Grade: 3 | ぞく Grade: 4 |
goon |
Alternative spelling |
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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
- (Tokyo) そーぞく [sòózókú] (Heiban – [0])[2][3][4]
- (Tokyo) そーぞく [sóꜜòzòkù] (Atamadaka – [1])[2][3][4]
- IPA(key): [so̞ːzo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]
Noun
相続 • (sōzoku) ←さうぞく (sauzoku)?
- [from 1283] succession or inheritance of a position, for example as head of a household or organization, or in a specific role
- [from 1886] (law) succession or inheritance of the assets and liabilities of a deceased person (the act of inheriting, rather than the thing inherited)
- [from 820] (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))
- [from 1283] to succeed to or inherit a position, for example as head of a household or organization, or in a specific role
- [from 1886] (law) to inherit the assets and liabilities of a deceased person
Conjugation
Conjugation of "相続する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms | ||||
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Imperfective (未然形) | 相続し | そうぞくし | sōzoku shi | |
Continuative (連用形) | 相続し | そうぞくし | sōzoku shi | |
Terminal (終止形) | 相続する | そうぞくする | sōzoku suru | |
Attributive (連体形) | 相続する | そうぞくする | sōzoku suru | |
Hypothetical (仮定形) | 相続すれ | そうぞくすれ | sōzoku sure | |
Imperative (命令形) | 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, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), 2nd edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000, →ISBN
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
- 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN