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次第しだい

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Meanings and examples

事物发展的顺序、情况，或表示某事一发生便立即做某事。 order; precedence; circumstances; immediate(ly)

Example 1

こういう次第しだいだ。

This is how it stands.

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Example 2

空港くうこうに着つき次第しだい、電話でんわします。

I'll phone you as soon as I get to the airport.

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Kanji breakdown

次

N3

next; order; sequence

On reading
ジ、シ
Kun reading
つ.ぐ、つぎ
Radical
欠

第

N1

No.; residence

On reading
ダイ、テイ
Kun reading
Radical
竹
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次々

N3

つぎつぎ

in succession; one by one

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次

N5

つぎ

next

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次ぐ

N2

つぐ

to rank next to; to come after

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目次

N2

もくじ

table of contents

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落第

N2

らくだい

failure; dropping out of a class