こうけいしゃ

後継者
successor

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こうけいしゃ【後継者】

a successor; an inheritor; 〔嗣子〕 an heir; (女) an heiress.

●指名された後継者 an appointed [a designated] successor.

●後継者が見つかるまでいてほしい. I want you to stay till I find someone to take your place.

●後継者となる succeed to 《sb's office》; succeed sb in his office; take sb's chair as his successor

・故加藤氏の後継者となる fill the place of the late Mr. Katō.

●後継者の指名 the appointment [designation] of a successor.

●君の後継者はだれかね. Who will succeed to your post?

後継者不足 a lack of successors; lacking a successor.