次ぐ – Vocabulary details

次つぐ

Verb (5-dan, ぐ, intransitive)

1. to rank next to; to come after

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to follow in succession; to happen one after another

to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)

to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)

next in line; heir

彼かの女じょはロング氏しに次つぐ最さい高こうのピアニストです。

She is our next best pianist after Mr Long.

アマゾン川がわは、ナイル川がわに次ついで世せ界かいで二に番ばん目めに長ながい川かわだ。

The Amazon is the second longest river in the world after the Nile.

エルサレムは、メッカ・メディナに次つぐイスラム教きょう第だい3の聖せい地ちである。

Jerusalem is the third holy city in Islam, following Mecca and Medina.

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