to assume responsibility from someone else
他の誰かから責任を引き継ぐ (hoka no dareka kara sekinin o hikitsugu)
"After my father retired, I took over from him in managing family affairs."
"父が退職した後、私は家族の問題を管理するために彼から引き継ぎました。" (chichi ga taishoku shita ato, watashi wa kazoku no mondai o kanri suru tame ni kare kara **hikitsugimashita**.)
to remove unwanted elements or inefficiencies
to reduce the amount of debt owed
to act or decide based on something
to read something carefully from beginning to end
to make trade or business opportunities available; to remove...
to become something different