次ぐ

• 読み: つぐ
• ローマ字: tsugu
• 漢字の分解: 次 (ji/tsugi) — next, following, order
• 発音: /tsɯ.ɡɯ/

意味

To rank next to; to come after; to follow in order.

A Group 1 (godan) intransitive verb conjugated with the ぐ row (次がない, 次ぎます). Most commonly used in the pattern AにBが次ぐ (B follows A in rank/order). Frequently appears in the form に次いで (second only to) or に次ぐ (next to, following). Literary and news-style, rarely used in casual conversation.

例文

1. 東京に次いで大阪の人口が多い。
2. 日本に次ぐ経済大国はどこだろう。
3. 彼女は社長に次ぐ地位についている。

使い方ガイド

場面: news, rankings, academic writing

トーン: informative

起源と歴史

From the same root as 次 (tsugi, next). The kanji 次 combines 冫 (ice/cold, suggesting sequence) and 欠 (yawn/lack), originally depicting things following in succession.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal