• 次つぎ — next
• 次回じかい — next time
• 目次もくじ — table of contents
• 次男じなん — second son
• 次第しだい — depending on / as soon as
• 次々つぎつぎ — one after another

次 combines the radical 欠 (yawn or lacking) with the phonetic element 止 (to stop), symbolizing a pause before continuing. It expresses ideas of “following,” “order,” or “next in sequence.”

次つぎの駅えきで降おります。
I’ll get off at the next station.

次回じかいの授業じゅぎょうは 月曜日げつようびです。
The next class is on Monday.

🎧 Listen to ジ / シ / つぎ / つぐ