次第

次第

1. (literary) order; sequence
2. (obsolete) circumstances; situation

   • 到黃昏、點點滴滴。這次第，怎一個愁字了得！
     到黄昏、点点滴滴。这次第，怎一个愁字了得！

     From: circa 1129, Li Qingzhao (李清照),《聲聲慢》, translated by Lin Yutang

     Dào huánghūn, diǎndiǎndīdī. Zhè cìdì, zěn yīge chóu zì liǎodé!

     At dusk: pit-a-pat, pit-a-pat!
     Is this a mood and moment only to be called "sad"?

次第

1. (literary) one after another; in turn

   • 餘存二十餘，次第知落矣。
     余存二十余，次第知落矣。

     From: c. 803, Han Yu (韓愈),《落齒》, translated by Stephen Owen

     Yú cún èrshí yú, cìdì zhī luò yǐ.

     The remaining ones, twenty-odd,
     I know they'll fall in succession and that's it.

   • 長安回望繡成堆，山頂千門次第開。
     长安回望绣成堆，山顶千门次第开。

     From: c. 850, Du Mu (杜牧),《過華清宮》, translated by Zhu Manhua

     Cháng'ān huíwàng xiù chéngduī, shāndǐng qiānmén cìdì kāi.

     Looking back Capital City's embroidered-like mountain,
     The hilly top palace's series of gates consecutively open.

   • 羅浮山下四時春，盧橘楊梅次第新。
     罗浮山下四时春，卢橘杨梅次第新。

     From: circa 1095~1097, Su Shi (蘇軾), Eating Litchis (《食荔支二首（其二）》)

     Luófú shānxià sìshí chūn, lújú yángméi cìdì xīn.

     At the foot of Mount Luofu, it is spring all year round; Loquat and red bayberry ripen successively.

• (Tokyo) しだい (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

次(し)第(だい) • (shidai) 

1. circumstances
2. order

次(し)第(だい) • (-shidai) 

1. dependent on, as soon as

   信(しん)じるかどうかは君(きみ)次第(しだい)

   shinjiru kadōka wa kimishidai

   Whether to believe or not is up to you.

   情報(じょうほう)が入(はい)りしだいお伝(つた)えします。

   Jōhō ga hairishidai o tsutae shimasu.

   We will report information as soon as it comes in.

   • 2024, 大濱健悟 (Ōhama Kengo), “雑踏、僕らの街 ”, performed by トゲナシトゲアリ:

     何もかも君次第で 僕次第さ

     Everything depends on you and on me.

Expresses that the action of a verb or an action implied by a preceding noun is a prerequisite for another action.