次
次·next, order, sequence
- On-yomi
- ジシ
- Kun-yomi
- つぎつぐ
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Stroke order
Write it in this order; the numbers mark where each stroke starts.
Common words
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 次 | つぎ | next |
| 目次 | もくじ | table of contents |
| 次回 | じかい | next time |
| 次第 | しだい | depending on; as soon as |
Example sentences
次の駅で降ります。
つぎのえきでおります。
I'm getting off at the next station.
次回の会議は来週の金曜日です。
じかいのかいぎはらいしゅうのきんようびです。
The next meeting is next Friday.
最初に目次を見てください。
さいしょにもくじをみてください。
Please look at the table of contents first.
Similar-looking kanji
Do not confuse these on the exam.
Common mistakes
- Reading 目次 as *もくつぎ instead of もくじ
- 次 means the next in a sequence; 今度 can mean 'next time' or 'this time' and is vaguer
Memory aid
Picture it
A person yawning (欠) as their breath puffs out twice — one after the next.
Vocabulary using this kanji
- 次々つぎつぎone after another
- 次第にしだいにgradually
- 次第しだい(1) circumstances, the situation, (2) depending on ~, (3) as soon as ~
- 次につぎにnext
- 次つぎnext
- 順次じゅんじin order; successively; one after another
- 目次もくじtable of contents
- 次ぐつぐto rank next to, to come after, to follow
- 逐次ちくじsuccessively, one after another
- 相次いであいついでone after another
- 次元じげんdimension, level
- 次いでついでnext, secondly
Quick check
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