次ぐ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
次
つ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
亜ぐ

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "次ぐ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		次ぐ つぐ
Imperative (命令形) 次げ つげ
Key constructions
Passive 次がれる つがれる
Causative 次がせる つがせる
Potential - - -
Volitional 次ごう つご​ー
Negative 次がない つがない
Negative perfective 次がなかった つがな​かった
Formal 次ぎます つぎま​す
Perfective 次いだ ついだ
Conjunctive 次いで ついで
Hypothetical conditional 次げば つげ​ば

Verb

次(つ)ぐ • (tsugu) intransitive godan (stem 次(つ)ぎ (tsugi), past 次(つ)いだ (tsuida))

  1. come after, continue after something, follow, be next
  2. be one rank lower than, be second to
    チェルノブイリに次(つ)ぐレベル
    Cherunobuiri ni tsugu reberu
    a level second only to Chernobyl

Conjugation

Conjugation of "次ぐ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 次が つが tsuga
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 次ぎ つぎ tsugi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 次ぐ つぐ tsugu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 次ぐ つぐ tsugu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 次げ つげ tsuge
Meireikei ("imperative") 次げ つげ tsuge
Key constructions
Passive 次がれる つがれる tsugareru
Causative 次がせる
次がす 		つがせる
つがす 		tsugaseru
tsugasu
Potential 次げる つげる tsugeru
Volitional 次ごう つごう tsugō
Negative 次がない つがない tsuganai
Negative continuative 次がず つがず tsugazu
Formal 次ぎます つぎます tsugimasu
Perfective 次いだ ついだ tsuida
Conjunctive 次いで ついで tsuide
Hypothetical conditional 次げば つげば tsugeba
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