相次ぐ

• 読み: あいつぐ
• ローマ字: aitsugu
• 漢字の分解: 相 (sō/ai) — mutual, together; 次 (ji/tsu) — next, follow
• 発音: /a.i.t͡sɯ.ɡɯ/

意味

To follow in succession; to happen one after another. Describes events occurring in rapid sequence.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb commonly used in news and formal writing to describe a series of similar incidents. Frequently appears in the te-form 相次いで as an adverbial meaning one after another. Often collocates with accidents, scandals, and disasters.

例文

1. 最近、大きな地震が相次いでいる。
2. 企業の不祥事が相次いで報道された。
3. 辞任が相次ぎ、組織は混乱した。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, reports, formal writing

トーン: serious

起源と歴史

Compound of 相 (mutual, together) and 次ぐ (to follow, to be next). Literally means to follow one another mutually, describing events lining up in sequence.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal