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次 (つぎ, tsugi) Japanese meaning: next | Kotomora

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Meanings

1

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

next; following; subsequent

Refers to the next item in a sequence, the next occurrence, or the following thing. Very common in everyday Japanese.

次つぎの駅えきで降おります。

I'll get off at the next station.

次つぎの会かい議ぎは月げつ曜よう日びです。

The next meeting is on Monday.

2

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

Used in set phrases like 次の段階 (next stage) or 次の一手 (next move). Less common as a standalone noun for 'stage'.

プロジェクトは次つぎの段だん階かいに入はいった。
The project has entered the next stage.

Usage patterns

次つぎの〈物もの〉the next ~
次つぎの電でん車しゃに乗のりましょう。
Let's take the next train.
〈事こと〉の次つぎにafter ~, next
会かい議ぎの次つぎに食しょく事じに行いきます。
We'll go for a meal after the meeting.
次つぎは〈人ひと〉next it's ~'s turn
次つぎは山やま田ださんの番ばんです。
Next, it's Mr. Yamada's turn.

Expressions· 11

二にの次つぎsecondary; of secondary importance
この次つぎnext; next time
次つぎの便びんnext flight · next mail; next post
次つぎの回かいnext inning; next time
次つぎの一いっ手てnext move

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次つぎの内ない閣かくshadow cabinet; opposition party executive
この次つぎからfrom now on; next time
次つぎから次つぎとone after another; in succession
次つぎから次つぎにone after another; in succession

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Kanji

次next, order, sequence

Related words

次じ回かいN3sense 1
次回 specifically means 'next time' as a single upcoming occurrence, while 次 is a general word for whatever comes next in any sequence.
今こん度どN5sense 1
今度 usually means 'this time' or 'next time' in casual talk about upcoming events, whereas 次 simply marks the next item or step in an ordered sequence.
翌よくN3
次 is a general noun/adjective meaning 'next' usable with many kinds of nouns, while 翌 is a prefix restricted to time words like 翌日 or 翌年.
第だい二に
次 means 'the next one' in a sequence without specifying its exact position, whereas 第二 explicitly marks the second position in an order.
あくるN2
次 is a general noun meaning 'next' usable with any kind of item, while 明くる is restricted to time words like 日, 朝, and 年.

Opposites

前まえN5sense 1
前 means 'previous' or 'before', the direct opposite of 次, which means 'next' or 'following'.

Don't confuse with

継つぎ sense 1
継ぎ is a patch or splice used in mending, a homophone of 次, which means 'next' in a sequence—easy to confuse in speech despite unrelated meanings.
来らいN3
次 is a free noun meaning 'next' that can stand alone or take の (次の年), while 来 is a bound prefix attached directly to time words (来年).

Word family· 11

次つぎにN5
next; then; after that
次つぎ々つぎN3
one after another; in succession; one by one
取とり次つぎ
agency; intermediary; distributor · answering on someone's behalf; ushering in · passing on a message; relaying
お次つぎ

Written forms

次つぎUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling.
つぎUsage8%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji is not needed.

Etymology

Native Japanese word. The kanji 次 is used for its meaning of 'next' or 'order'.

next; next person · room adjoining a noble's parlor

次つぎ々つぎにN1

one after another; in succession; one by one

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取とり次つぎ店てん
agency; distributor
次つぎなる
next; the next
次つぎの号ごう
next issue; next number
次つぎの間ま
antechamber; next room
五ご十じゅう三さん次つぎ
the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō
次つぎホップ
next hop