子孫

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 子孫 is read as しそん and means descendants who come after a person or living being.
• Basic usage: It can refer to a founder's descendants maintaining an estate or a creature entrusting treasure to its descendants.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Maintaining something across generations
  • 創設者の子孫 refers to the descendants of the founder. Example: 古い屋敷は今も創設者の子孫が守っています。
• Entrusting something to later generations
  • 自分の子孫に託す means placing something in the care of one's own descendants. Example: 物語の竜は自分の子孫に宝を託しました。