次つぎ々つぎ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Describes things happening or appearing continuously, one after another. Often used with と or as an adverb.

〈事こと〉〉が次々つぎつぎと起おこるfor things (events, problems) to happen one after another
その村むらでは不ふ思し議ぎな事じ件けんが次つぎ々つぎと起おこった。
Strange incidents happened one after another in that village.
〈物もの〉〉が次々つぎつぎと売うれるfor products to sell one after another (in quick succession)
新あたらしいゲームが次つぎ々つぎと売うれている。
The new game is selling one after another.
次々つぎつぎと〈動詞どうし〉〉to do something one after another, in rapid succession
客きゃくが次つぎ々つぎと店みせに入はいってきた。
Customers came into the shop one after another.
〈人ひと〉〉が次々つぎつぎと辞やめるfor people to quit/leave one after another
会かい社しゃの社しゃ員いんが次つぎ々つぎと辞やめていった。
Employees left the company one after another.

続ぞく々ぞくN2
続々 emphasizes things or people arriving or appearing in large numbers, while 次々 stresses a continuous, unbroken sequence of events.
次つぎから次つぎへと
次から次へと is a longer, more emphatic phrase for a rapid, seemingly unstoppable sequence, whereas 次々 is the plain, everyday adverb for 'one after another'.
相あい次ついでN2
相次いで is a slightly formal word often used in news reports for successive events (e.g. accidents), while 次々 is more general and casual.
転てん々てんN2
次々 emphasizes things happening one after another in quick succession, while 転々 emphasizes repeatedly changing location or hands without a fixed pattern.

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どんどんN4
どんどん stresses speed and momentum in a process, while 次々 focuses on things happening one after another in sequence without necessarily being fast.
立たて続つづけN1
次々 means 'one after another' in a general, sometimes leisurely sense, whereas 立て続け implies a tighter, more relentless pace with little or no gap.
逐ちく次じ
次々 is a casual, vivid word for rapid succession, whereas 逐次 is formal and systematic, often used in technical or procedural writing.
順じゅん々じゅんN2
次々emphasizes rapid succession without necessarily following a fixed order, whereas 順々 implies a predetermined sequence taken one step at a time.
どしどしN1
次々 describes things happening one after another in a neutral, sequential way, whereas どしどし adds a lively, momentum-driven feel, often implying enthusiasm or encouragement.
順じゅん次じ
次々 is casual and highlights rapid, continuous succession, whereas 順次 is formal and highlights an orderly, planned sequence.

次つぎ々つぎUsage84%
Standard kanji spelling; the repetition mark 々 is the normal way to write this word.
つぎつぎUsage16%
Kana spelling is common in casual writing and when the kanji is not needed.
次つぎ次つぎUsage<1%
Non-standard spelling without the repetition mark; rarely seen in modern writing.

Reduplication of 次 (つぎ, 'next'), forming an adverb meaning 'one after the next'.