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列次 (れつじ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

列れつ次じ

Meanings

1

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

order; sequence; precedence

archaic

Archaic noun and suru-verb for order, sequence, or precedence. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts.

古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、列れつ次じを重

おも

んじる

記き

述じゅつ

が

見み

られる

。

In old documents, descriptions that value order can be found.

Kanji

列file, row, rank
次next, order, sequence

Similar words

順じゅん序じょ
Modern standard word for 'order' or 'sequence'; 列次 is its archaic equivalent.
序じょ列れつ
Modern word for 'ranking' or 'hierarchy'; 列次 had a similar nuance of precedence in archaic usage.

Etymology

The exact derivation is uncertain; the kanji 列 (row, line) and 次 (next, order) suggest a compound meaning 'order of rows' or 'sequence', but the word is archaic and its historical origin is not well-documented.