相続

そうぞく · souzoku · JLPT N3 · noun

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📜🏠 相 mutual + 続 continue: what one generation leaves, the next continues

続 is the kanji in 続く (tsuzuku, to continue), so 相続 is property or a role continuing from one person to the next. Sound hook: souzoku ends in zoku, which written 族 means family. Inheritance keeps the family line going.

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