► 副詞
次いで [(3)ついで] [liter] meaning: follow rank: 2
☆ 阪神は巨人に次いで二位でシーズンを終えた ⇨ Hanshin finished the season in the second after Giants
More examples:
- 最近この様な事件が相次いでいる ⇨ Recently incidents like this are happening one after another
- 最近学校の構内で盗難事件が相次いでいる ⇨ Recently there have been many theft incidents on the school premises
- 主力選手に怪我が相次いでチームはガタガタだ ⇨ The team is in shambles with injuries after injuries on the top players
- 彼等は去年に次いで優勝した ⇨ They won the championship again following the last year
- 日本は米国に次いで二位でレースを終えた ⇨ Japan finished the race at the second place following the US
- 天災が相次いで起こった ⇨ Natural disasters happened one after another