次

Meaning

次 centers on the idea of what comes after or in a sequence: the next thing, an order, or a step in a series.

• 次つぎ
  N5

  next; following; subsequent

• 次第しだい
  N3

  depending on

• 次元じげん
  N1

  dimension

• 次回じかい
  N3

  next time (occasion)

• 次々つぎつぎ
  N3

  in succession; one by one

• 次第にしだいに
  N2

  gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

• 順次じゅんじ

  in order; sequential; seriatim

• 次男じなん
  N3

  second son

• 次期じき

  next term; next period

• 次いでついで
  N1

  next; secondly; subsequently

• 次ぐつぐ
  N2

  to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)

• 次長じちょう
  N1

  vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager

• 次女じじょ
  N3

  second daughter

• 相次ぐあいつぐ
  N2

  to follow in succession; to happen one after another

• 目次もくじ
  N2

  table of contents; contents

• 年次ねんじ

  annual; yearly

• 次官じかん

  vice-minister; undersecretary

• 事務次官じむじかん

  permanent vice-president; undersecretary; vice-minister

• 次点じてん

  runner-up

• 二の次にのつぎ
  N1

  secondary; of secondary importance

• 次席じせき

  associate; junior; assistant; next in rank; runner-up

• 次代じだい

  the next era

• 取次ぎとりつぎ

  agency; agent; intermediation; distributor

• 逐次ちくじ

  successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one

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