JLPT N3 · Verb

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

  1. to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to) · godan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

きれい好きは敬神に次ぐ美徳。
Cleanliness is next to godliness.

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.

FormJapaneseReading
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.

次つぎnext次第しだいdepending on次々つぎつぎin succession目次もくじtable of contents取り次ぐとりつぐto pass on (a message, thoughts, etc.)

Source: JMdict entry 1316400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.