次々【つぎつぎ】
Frequency rank: 1,968. – 1,969.
- in succession; one by one
adverb (fukushi); adverb taking the 'to' particle; noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- in succession; one by one
This phrase is used to describe actions or events that occur in a sequence, where each follows the previous one closely, without gaps or interruptions.
Generated collocations (experimental)
つぎつぎに次々にあらわれる現れるto appear one after anotherつぎつぎ次々とこうどう行動するto take action one by oneつぎつぎ次々ともんだい問題がはっせい発生するproblems occur one after anotherつぎつぎ次々としつもん質問するto ask questions one by oneつぎつぎ次々とあたらしい新しいあいであアイデアnew ideas one after anotherつぎつぎ次々とへんか変化するto change one after anotherつぎつぎ次々とひと人がおとずれる訪れるpeople come one after anotherつぎつぎ次々とせいこう成功するto succeed one after another
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Since unexpected incidents occurred one after another, the exhibition was called off.
11. ながねん長年のあいだ間、わたくし私はび美だけがじんせい人生にいぎ意義をあたえて与えてくれるものであり、このごみごみしたちじょう地上でつぎつぎ次々とひきつがれる引き継がれるせだい世代にかせられる課せられるゆいいつ唯一のもくてき目的とは、じじ時々げいじゅつか芸術家をうみだす生み出すことだとおもっていた思っていた。
For many years I thought that it was beauty alone that gave significance to life and that the only purpose that could be assigned to the generations that succeed one another on the face of this crowded earth was to produce an artist now and then.
Memories of the good old days came flooding back one after another.
People came to see the strange animal in the zoo, one after another.
An office machine is cranking out a stream of documents.
Both tried one experiment after another, helping each other.