N2650/1725

次つぐ

rarely used kanji formgodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)intransitive verb

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つぐ

Meanings

to follow, to come after, to come next (to), to rank next (to), to rank second (to)

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Example sentences

彼女かのじょの成績せいせきはクラスで田中たなかさんに次ぐつぐ2位いだった。

Her grades ranked second in the class, right after Tanaka.

東京とうきょうに次ぐつぐ大都市だいとしとして、大阪おおさかはよく知しられている。

Osaka is well known as the largest metropolis next to Tokyo.

この映画えいがは前作ぜんさくに次ついで、興行収入こうぎょうしゅうにゅうの記録きろくを更新こうしんした。

This film broke the box office record, following in the footsteps of its predecessor.

日本語にほんごに次ついで、英語えいごも公用語こうようごとして採用さいようされる可能性かのうせいがある。

There is a possibility that English will also be adopted as an official language, following Japanese.

売上高うりあげだかにおいて彼かれの部署ぶしょに次ぐつぐ部署ぶしょはなく、他ほかを大おおきく引ひき離はなしている。

No department comes close to his in terms of sales revenue; it far outstrips all the others.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)