JLPT N5 · Time words

次

つぎ

next

Stroke order of 次

次 is written with 6 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

次 has two strokes 冫 and a yawning mouth 欠, someone waiting for the next turn.

Parts: 冫 ice/two + 欠 yawn

Example sentence

次の駅で降ります。

つぎのえきでおります。

I will get off at the next station.

Words with 次

次第にgradually 目次table of contents 次男second son 次々one after another

More words: Time words

時time; when 時々sometimes 後after; later 先ahead; earlier; tip 間between; during 初めbeginning 初めてfor the first time 一緒together 昨夜last night 休みrest; holiday; day off 夏休みsummer vacation 冬休みwinter vacation

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