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取り次ぐ · godan verb (-gu)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	取とり次つぐ	取とり次つがない
Polite	取とり次つぎます	取とり次つぎません
Past polite	取とり次つぎました	取とり次つぎませんでした
Past	取とり次ついだ	取とり次つがなかった
Te-form	取とり次ついで	取とり次つがないで
Desire	取とり次つぎたい	取とり次つぎたくない
Potential	取とり次つげる	取とり次つげない
Passive	取とり次つがれる	取とり次つがれない
Causative	取とり次つがせる	取とり次つがせない
Causative passive	取とり次つがせられるalso 取とり次つがされる	取とり次つがせられないalso 取とり次つがされない
Volitional	取とり次つごう
Polite volitional	取とり次つぎましょう
Imperative	取とり次つげ	取とり次つぐな
Conditional	取とり次つげば	取とり次つがなければ
Tara conditional	取とり次ついだら	取とり次つがなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

pass on; convey; relay

Used for transmitting messages, thoughts, or information from one person to another. Often used in business or formal contexts.

上じょう司しに伝でん言ごんを取とり次ついでください。
Please pass on the message to my boss.
彼かれは私わたしの意い見けんを会かい議ぎで取とり次ついでくれた。
He conveyed my opinion at the meeting.

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

announce; usher in; answer for

Used when receiving visitors or phone calls and informing the intended person, or answering on their behalf. Common in office and service settings.

受うけ付つけで来らい客きゃくを取とり次ついでもらった。
I had the receptionist announce the visitor.
電でん話わを取とり次つぐので少しょう々しょうお待まちください。
I'll put the call through, so please hold a moment.

godan verb (-gu), transitive verb

act as intermediary; handle distribution

Business term for acting as an agent or intermediary between manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers, or handling goods on behalf of a company.

当とう社しゃはメーカーと小こ売うり店てんの間あいだを取とり次ついでいます。
Our company acts as an intermediary between manufacturers and retailers.
この商しょう品ひんは代だい理り店てんが取とり次ついでいる。
This product is handled by an agent.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に伝でん言ごんを取とり次つぐto pass on a message to someone
彼かれは上じょう司しに伝でん言ごんを取とり次ついだ。
He relayed the message to his boss.
電でん話わを〈人ひと〉に取とり次つぐto put a phone call through to someone
受うけ付つけが電でん話わを部ぶ長ちょうに取とり次ついだ。
The receptionist put the call through to the manager.
〈人ひと〉を〈人ひと〉に取とり次つぐto announce a visitor to someone
秘ひ書しょがお客きゃく様さまを社しゃ長ちょうに取とり次ついだ。
The secretary announced the visitor to the president.
〈物もの〉の注ちゅう文もんを取とり次つぐto handle orders for goods as an intermediary
卸おろし売うり業ぎょう者しゃが小こ売うり店てんの注ちゅう文もんを取とり次つぐ。
The wholesaler handles the retailer's orders as an intermediary.

Kanji

取take, fetch, take up
次next, order, sequence
継inherit, succeed, continue

Related words

伝つたえるN4sense 1
伝える is the general verb for conveying information, while 取り次ぐ specifically implies relaying it through an intermediary or on someone's behalf.
案あん内ないN5sense 2
案内する means to guide or usher a guest in general, while 取り次ぐ specifically covers announcing a visitor or call to the intended person.
仲ちゅう介かいN1sense 3
仲介する emphasizes mediating between parties, often in negotiations, whereas 取り次ぐ in the business sense stresses the agency or distribution role.

Don't confuse with

取とり扱あつかうN1sense 3
取り扱う means to handle or deal with something directly, while 取り次ぐ means to pass it on to another party as a go-between.
取とり組くむN2
取り組む means to tackle or engage with a task, which learners can confuse with 取り次ぐ due to the shared 取り- prefix despite unrelated meanings.

Built from

取とる+次つぐ

Written forms

取とり次つぐUsage58%
Standard kanji spelling with high priority.
取とり次つぐUsage17%
Less common variant without the okurigana り.
とりつぐUsage14%
取とりつぐUsage8%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kana-mixed form; not a standard written variant.
取とり継つぐUsage3%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form using 継; not commonly used.

Etymology

Compound of 取り (tori, continuative form of 取る 'take') and 次ぐ (tsugu, 'follow, relay'). The combination yields the sense of taking something and passing it along.