Illustration: Along a Japanese shopping street during a gusty shower, three pedestrians suffer umbrella mishaps in quick succession. The first stands farther along the pavement inspecting an already inverted umbrella. A few steps behind, the second umbrella is turning inside out, its owner staring upward.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

相あい次つぐ

aitsugu

to happen one after another

Example sentences

  1. 不審火ふしんびも相次あいついでいた。

    There was also a series of arson attacks.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. また、飢饉ききんや災害さいがいが相次あいついだ。

    Furthermore, famine and disasters occurred one after another.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. その後ごは再ふたたび当主とうしゅの交代こうたいが相次あいつぎ、低迷傾向ていめいけいこうが続つづいた。

    After that, however, the position of head of the family changed hands often, until eventually the family fell into decline.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 相次

  • 相inter-; mutualOnソウ・ショウKunあい-
  • 次next; orderOnジ・シKunつぐ・つぎ

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