次ぐ
つぐ · tsugu
To follow, to come after, to come next (to), to rank next (to), to rank second (to)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 次ぎますつぎます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 次ぎませんつぎません |
| Polite past (ました) | 次ぎましたつぎました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 次ぎませんでしたつぎませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 次ぎましょうつぎましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 次ぎつぎ |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 次ぎたいつぎたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 次ぎながらつぎながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 次いでついで |
| Plain past (た形) | 次いだついだ |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 次いだらついだら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 次いでいるついでいる |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 次がないつがない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 次がなかったつがなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 次がなくてつがなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 次げるつげる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 次げばつげば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 次げつげ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 次ごうつごう |
| Passive (受身形) | 次がれるつがれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 次がせるつがせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 次がされるつがされる |
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What does 次ぐ mean?
To follow, to come after, to come next (to), to rank next (to), to rank second (to).
How do you pronounce 次ぐ?
つぐ (tsugu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 次ぐ?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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