| term | pronunciation | English |
|---|
| 次 | つぎ | next |
| 次々 | つぎつぎ | in succession, one by one |
| 次ぐ | つぐ | to rank next to, to come after (v5g) |
| 次男 | じなん | second son |
| 目次 | もくじ | a table of contents |
| 次第 | しだい | (1) order, precedence, (2) circumstances |
| 一次記憶 | いちじきおく | first memory |
| 事務次官 | じむじかん | permanent vice-president, undersecretary, vice-minister |
| 二次 | にじ | secondary, subordinate |
| 五十三次 | ごじゅうさんつぎ | the 53 Toukaidou stages |
| 弥次 | やじ | hooting, jeering, heckling |
| 弥次る | やじる | to jeer (at), to hoot, to boo, to catcall, to heckle |
| 政務次官 | せいむじかん | parliamentary vice-minister |
| 次元 | じげん | dimension; perspective, point of reference, level (of something) |
| 次回 | じかい | next time (occasion) |
| 次官 | じかん | vice-minister, undersecretary |
| 次期 | じき | next term, next period; next version, next release |
| 次第に | しだいに | gradually (progress into a state); in sequence, in order, in turn |
| 次長 | じちょう | vice-, assistant director, vice-director |
| 漸次 | ぜんじ | gradually, slowly, little by little, incrementally |
| 逐次 | ちくじ | successively, one after another, sequentially |
| 逓次 | ていじ | successively, in order |
| 順次 | じゅんじ | in order, sequential, seriatim |