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How to say 'Procedure' or 'Dependence' in Japanese | 次第

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The Japanese word for Procedure or Dependence is 'Shidai', written as 次第 in Japanese.'Procedure' or 'Dependence' in hiragana is しだい.

    word

    次第

    Meaning

    Procedure, Dependence

    Reading

    しだい

    shidai

    Kanji

    次Next 第Ordinal number

    Explanation

    The Japanese noun '次第 (しだい)' has two primary meanings. The first meaning is 'dependence', indicating that something is contingent upon or determined by another factor. For example: It depends on the weather「天気次第です」(てんきしだいです). The second meaning is 'procedure' or 'order', referring to the sequence or method in which things are done. For example: The meeting will proceed according to the agenda「会議は次第に従って進みます」(かいぎはしだいにしたがってすすみます). The word can also be used as a suffix to indicate that something will happen as soon as a certain condition is met, as in '着き次第 (つきしだい)', meaning 'as soon as I arrive'.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N1

    Kanji Grade

    3

    Frequency

    991

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 次第

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    次

    Meaning

    Next

  • kanji

    第

    Meaning

    Ordinal number

Words Related to 次第 Through the Kanji 次

These 12 Words contain the Kanji 次 as well.

  • word

    次

    Meaning

    Next

  • word

    次女

    Meaning

    Second daughter

  • word

    次々

    Meaning

    One after another

  • word

    次回

    Meaning

    Next

  • word

    次第に

    Meaning

    Gradually

  • word

    次ぐ

    Meaning

    Follow

  • word

    次元

    Meaning

    Dimension

  • word

    次々に

    Meaning

    One after another

  • word

    取り次ぐ

    Meaning

    Relay

  • word

    目次

    Meaning

    Index, Table of contents

  • word

    次男

    Meaning

    Second son

  • word

    次いで

    Meaning

    Next

Words Related to 次第 Through the Kanji 第

These 4 Words contain the Kanji 第 as well.

  • word

    第

    Meaning

    Ordinal

  • word

    次第に

    Meaning

    Gradually

  • word

    第一

    Meaning

    First

  • word

    落第

    Meaning

    Failure, Flunking

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What does 'Shidai' (次第) mean?

'Shidai' means 'Procedure' or 'Dependence' .

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