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次々つぎつぎ

つぎつぎ tsugitsugi Play N3 Adverb Noun

Meanings and examples

物事が途切れずに一つずつ続いて起こるさま。 in succession; one by one

Example 1

彼らは次々と出発した。

They started one after another.

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Example 2

小屋こやは次々つぎつぎに風かぜで吹ふき倒たおされた。

The cottages were blown down one after another.

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Kanji breakdown

次

N3

next; order; sequence

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

N3

しだい

order; precedence; circumstances; immediate(ly)

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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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取り次ぐ

N1

とりつぐ

to act as an agent for; to announce (someone); to convey (a message)