二の次

Japanese

Kanji in this term
二	次
に Grade: 1	つぎ Grade: 3
jūbakoyomi

Etymology

Literally, “Coming after two”.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にのつぎ [nìnótsúgíꜜ] (Odaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟ino̞t͡sɨɡʲi]

Noun

二(に)の次(つぎ) • (ni-no-tsugi) ^{←にのつぎ (ninotugi)?}

1. second in priority