相あい次つぐ

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相次ぐ · godan verb (-gu)

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

Meanings

godan verb (-gu), intransitive verb

follow one after another; occur in succession

Describes events, actions, or states happening consecutively, often with a sense of rapid or continuous succession. Common in news reports.

事じ故こが相あい次ついで発はっ生せいした。
Accidents occurred one after another.
新あたらしい店みせが相あい次ついでオープンした。
New stores opened in quick succession.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が相あい次つぐa series of〈things〉happen one after another
各かく地ちで地じ震しんが相あい次ついでいる。
Earthquakes have been occurring one after another in various regions.
〈場ば所しょ〉で〈事こと〉が相あい次つぐ〈things〉occur in succession at 〈a place〉
都と内ないで強ごう盗とう事じ件けんが相あい次ついでいる。
There has been a string of robbery incidents in the city.

Kanji

相inter-, mutual, together
次next, order, sequence
継inherit, succeed, continue

Related words· 6

続つづくN4
続く means 'to continue' without implying separate distinct events, while 相次ぐ specifically describes a series of separate occurrences happening one after another.
連れん続ぞくN3
連続する is a more formal or technical term for occurring consecutively, while 相次ぐ is the more common word used in news and everyday descriptions of successive events.
頻ひん発ぱつN1
頻発する emphasizes how often something happens, while 相次ぐ emphasizes that events occur one right after another in a series.
後あとを絶たたないN1
相次ぐ describes events happening one after another in quick succession, while 後を絶たない emphasizes that such events show no sign of stopping.

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続ぞく出しゅつN2
相次ぐ is a verb meaning events happen one after another, while 続出 is a noun/する-verb emphasizing the continuous, piling-up appearance of things or problems.
立たて続つづけN1
相次ぐ is a verb meaning 'to occur one after another' (often of misfortunes), while 立て続け is a noun/adverb used as 立て続けに for the same idea.

Opposites

途と絶だえるN1
途絶える means to stop or cease abruptly, the opposite of 相次ぐ, which describes events continuing to occur one after another.

Built from

相あい+次つぐ

Written forms

相あい次つぐ
Standard kanji spelling; frequently used in news and formal writing.
相あい継つぐ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners should recognize it but use 相次ぐ instead.

Etymology

Compound of prefix 相 (ai-, 'mutually, together') and verb 次ぐ (tsugu, 'to follow, to come next'). The combination yields the meaning 'to follow one after another'.