隔世遺伝

かくせいいでん

noun, no-adjective

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atavism, throwback, reappearance of an earlier characteristic, skipping a generation, reversion to ancestral type

隔	isolate, alternate, distance, separate, gulf
世	generation, world, society, public
遺	bequeath, leave behind, reserve
伝	transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition