I Love Kanji次ぐ (tsugu)
次ぐ (つぐ, tsugu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to follow; to come after”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- つぐ
- Romaji
- tsugu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to) · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 次ぐ
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in ぐ. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 次ぐ | つぐ tsugu |
| Polite (~masu) | 次ぎます | つぎます tsugimasu |
| Negative | 次がない | つがない tsuganai |
| Polite negative | 次ぎません | つぎません tsugimasen |
| Past | 次いだ | ついだ tsuida |
| Polite past | 次ぎました | つぎました tsugimashita |
| Negative past | 次がなかった | つがなかった tsuganakatta |
| Te-form | 次いで | ついで tsuide |
| Potential | 次げる | つげる tsugeru |
| Passive | 次がれる | つがれる tsugareru |
| Causative | 次がせる | つがせる tsugaseru |
| Volitional | 次ごう | つごう tsugou |
| Imperative | 次げ | つげ tsuge |
| Conditional (~ba) | 次げば | つげば tsugeba |
Kanji in 次ぐ
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 次ぐ.
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Source: JMdict entry 1316400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.