プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
あとつぎ【跡継ぎ】
1 〔家名を継ぐ者〕an inheritor; an heir，〔女〕an heiress
2 〔芸道，学問などの後継者〕a successor; an heir
- 一番弟子の彼がその派の跡継ぎになった
As the foremost disciple, he became heir to the leadership of that school. - 跡継ぎがないので彼の芸は一代限りで消えてしまうだろう
Since he has no disciples to succeed him, his art will die with him.