Attaches to nouns to indicate the next in a series, e.g., 次回 (next time), 次世代 (next generation).
The next meeting is next Monday.
hypo-; sub- (chemistry)
Chemistry prefix indicating a lower oxidation state or lower valence, as in 次亜塩素酸 (hypochlorous acid).
See also: 次亜
The next company president was announced.
Sodium hypochlorite is used in bleach.
This exam has a second stage.
He passed at the third stage of screening.
次 attaches broadly to nouns to mean 'next' in a series (次回, 次世代), while 翌 specifically prefixes time words to mean 'the following' (翌日, 翌年).
The kanji 次 originally depicts a person stopping to rest, later extended to mean 'next' or 'order'. The reading じ is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.
table of contents; contents
annual; yearly · year of entry/graduation; class year · nth-year (student/employee)
vice-minister; undersecretary
runner-up; next-highest place; honorable mention
high-level; higher-order · higher-order; higher-degree
associate; junior; assistant; runner-up
the next era; the coming age; the next generation
next week
next issue; next number
successively; one after another; sequentially
secondary; subsidiary; incidental
seating order; order of precedence · ranking; rank; position
next clause; following paragraph; next item
second best
daily · appointed day; scheduled date
gradually; little by little; incrementally
broadbanded thornyhead; broadfin thornyhead; kichiji rockfish
degree; order
first; preliminary; initial · primary; original; first-hand · linear; first-order
third; third stage; third round · tertiary; third-level · cubic; third-order; third-degree
irregularity; lack of order