相次ぐ

相継ぐ

Reading

Kana: あいつぐ

Romaji: aitsugu

Definition

v5g

1

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

Kanji

相

Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 あい-

Meanings: inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy

次

Readings: ジ、 シ、 つ.ぐ、 つぎ

Meanings: next, order, sequence

継

Readings: ケイ、 つ.ぐ、 まま-

Meanings: inherit, succeed, continue, patch, graft (tree)

Example Sentences

いじめによる高校生(こうこうせい)の自殺(じさつ)が相次(あいつ)いでいました。

➥Suicides of high school students as a result of bullying continued one after another.

相次(あいつ)ぐ不祥事(ふしょうじ)にも関(かか)わらず、警察(けいさつ)はオメオメ違反(いはん)切符(きっぷ)を切(き)っている。

➥Despite their own scandals, the police continue to make arrests as though nothing had happened at all.