二にの次つぎ

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

expression, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

secondary; of secondary importance

Used to describe something that is not the top priority; often appears in the pattern ～は二の次だ or ～を二の次にする.

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家か

族ぞく

が

一いち

番ばん

大たい

切せつ

だ

。

For him, work is secondary; family comes first.

健けん康こうを二にの次つぎにして働はたらき続つづけるのは危き険けんだ。

It's dangerous to keep working while putting your health second.

後あと回まわしN2
後回し emphasizes actively delaying something until later, while 二の次 stresses that something ranks lower in priority without necessarily being postponed.
二に次じ的てき
二次的 is a more formal, analytical way to say something is secondary, whereas 二の次 is the everyday idiom used in casual speech.

最さい優ゆう先せんN2
最優先 means the top priority, the direct opposite of 二の次, which means something of secondary importance.

二にの舞まい
二の舞 (repeating someone else's mistake) shares the 二の... form with 二の次 (of secondary importance) but has a completely different meaning.

Literally 'second next', from 二 (two) and 次 (next). The phrase naturally developed the meaning of something that comes after the first priority.