noun, takes genitive case の

Messages.yoji.
  1. atavism, throwback, reappearance of an earlier characteristic, skipping a generation, reversion to ancestral type.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
隔世遺伝 かくせいいでん

Contained Kanji Breakdown

isolate, alternate, distance
カク へだ.てる (8th, N1)
tripod
カク レキ かなえ (Kentei 1)
delicious(旨) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
net radical(㓁) variant
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)
under, underneath, below
カ ゲ した
generation, world, society
セ よ セイ (3rd, N4)
twenty
にじゅう ジュウ ニュウ (Kentei Pre-1)
fishhook radical(乙) variant
bequeath, leave behind, reserve
イ ユイ のこ.す (6th, N1)
precious, value, prize
キ ぎ とうと.い (6th, N1)
only used in personal names
in, inside, middle
なか チュウ うち (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
transmit, go along, walk along
つた.わる デン つだ.う (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
say
ウン い.う ここに (Kentei Pre-1)
two, two radical (no. 7)
ニ ふた ふだ (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)