JLPT N1 Advanced
継承
Formal succession to a position, business, or tradition, or inheritance in computing.
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継承する verb form
継承します polite form
継承して te-form
継承した past form
1 Noun, Suru verb
Succession / Inheritance
Refers to the formal act of succeeding to a status, property, duty, or tradition from a predecessor.
Example
彼 は 父 の 会社 を 継承 する こと に なった 。
It was decided that he would take over his father's company.
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2 Noun, Suru verb
Inheritance (in Computing)
Describes the mechanism in object-oriented programming where a class derives properties and behaviors from a parent class.
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