世襲 – vocab dash

世せ襲しゅう

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Transitive verb

No-adjective

1. heredity; heritage

Kanji used

Pitch accent

せしゅう

Used in vocabulary

Diet member who succeeded a parent; Diet member who comes from a family of politicians; hereditary Diet member

Noun

hereditary system; hereditary succession

Noun

hereditary property; heritage; patrimony

Noun

hereditary

Na-adjective

Examples2

歌か舞ぶ伎き界かいでは才さい能のうだけでなく世せ襲しゅうも重じゅう要ようだ。

In Kabuki not only talent but also heredity counts.

彼かれは世せ襲しゅうによって王おう位いについた。

He came to the throne by succession.