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次回 (じかい, jikai) Japanese meaning: next time | Kotomora

次じ回かい

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

next time; next occasion; next installment

Commonly used as a noun or adverb to refer to the next occurrence of a recurring event, meeting, episode, or opportunity.

次じ回かいの会かい議ぎは来らい週しゅうの月げつ曜よう日

び

です

。

The next meeting is next Monday.

詳くわしい内ない容ようは次じ回かいお話はなしします。

I'll tell you the details next time.

Usage patterns

次じ回かいに続つづくto be continued next time
この物もの語がたりは次じ回かいに続つづく。
This story continues next time.
次じ回かいは〈事こと〉を〈動どう詞し〉next time, (I/we) will do ~
次じ回かいは新あたらしいメニューを試ためす予よ定ていです。
Next time, we plan to try the new menu.
次じ回かいまでuntil next time
次じ回かいまでにレポートを準じゅん備びしてください。
Please have the report ready by next time.

Kanji

次next, order, sequence
回-times, round, game

Related words

今こん度どN5
今度 is a casual, flexible word that can mean 'this time' or 'next time' depending on context, while 次回 specifically and formally means 'the next occasion'.
次つぎN5
次回 specifically means 'next time' as a single upcoming occurrence, while 次 is a general word for whatever comes next in any sequence.
次じ期き
次回 refers to the next occurrence of an event or episode, while 次期 emphasizes a scheduled term or period, often institutional.

Opposites

前ぜん回かいN3
前回 refers to the previous occasion, while 次回 points forward to the next one.
この前まえ
次回 means 'the next occasion' in a series, contrasting with この前's 'the last occasion'.
今こん回かいN3
次回 refers to the next occasion, contrasting directly with 今回, which refers to the present one.

Don't confuse with

今こん回かいN3
今回 means 'this time, the current occasion', which learners can easily mix up with 次回's 'next time'.

Word family

一いち次じ回かい
first time; initial
次じ回かい予よ告こく
preview of next episode; next-time preview

Etymology

Compound of 次 (next) and 回 (time/occasion). A straightforward Sino-Japanese word.