"次第" meaning in Japanese

See 次第 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ɕida̠i] Forms: 次第 [canonical] (ruby: (), (だい)), shidai [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|しだい}} 次(し)第(だい) • (shidai)
  1. circumstances
    Sense id: en-次第-ja-noun-5Dr3iYt4 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 27 4 28 2 2 34
  2. order
    Sense id: en-次第-ja-noun-Put-luWc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

SOFT REDIRECT

  1. Tags: no-gloss
    Sense id: en-次第-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8

Suffix

IPA: [ɕida̠i] Forms: 次第 [canonical] (ruby: (), (だい)), -shidai [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|しだい}} 次(し)第(だい) • (-shidai)
  1. dependent on; up to Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-次第-ja-suffix-7~Tx0CVF Categories (other): Japanese terms read with on'yomi, Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms read with on'yomi: 20 18 62 0 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 23 20 58 0
  2. (after a verb in ren'yōkei) as soon as; upon Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-次第-ja-suffix-FOlFQgd0 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 2 27 4 28 2 2 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 26 2 30 1 1 38 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 39 2 8 51 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 32 4 22 42 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 41 4 3 52 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 36 3 16 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 38 3 11 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 3 15 49 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 38 3 11 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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  "etymology_number": "1",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "次第",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "次",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "第",
          "だい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shidai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "しだい"
      },
      "expansion": "次(し)第(だい) • (shidai)",
      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 27 4 28 2 2 34",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "circumstances"
      ],
      "id": "en-次第-ja-noun-5Dr3iYt4",
      "links": [
        [
          "circumstances",
          "circumstances"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "order"
      ],
      "id": "en-次第-ja-noun-Put-luWc",
      "links": [
        [
          "order",
          "order"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕida̠i]"
    },
    {
      "other": "しだい"
    }
  ],
  "word": "次第"
}

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  "etymology_number": "1",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "次第",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "次",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "第",
          "だい"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "-shidai",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 18 62 0",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 20 58 0",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              25,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Whether to believe or not is up to you.",
          "roman": "shinjiru ka dō ka wa kimishidai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "信",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "次第",
              "しだい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "信じるかどうかは君次第",
          "translation": "Whether to believe or not is up to you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              18,
              24
            ],
            [
              32,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              7
            ],
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              9,
              11
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          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              11,
              21
            ],
            [
              19,
              21
            ],
            [
              30,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Everything depends on you and on me.",
          "ref": "2024, 大濱健悟 (Ōhama Kengo), “雑踏、僕らの街 [Hustle and Bustle, Our City]”, performed by トゲナシトゲアリ:",
          "roman": "nani mo ka mo kimishidai de bokushidai sa",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "何",
              "なに"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "次",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "第",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "僕",
              "ぼく"
            ],
            [
              "次",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "第",
              "だい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "何もかも君次第で僕次第さ",
          "translation": "Everything depends on you and on me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dependent on; up to"
      ],
      "id": "en-次第-ja-suffix-7~Tx0CVF",
      "links": [
        [
          "dependent",
          "dependent"
        ],
        [
          "up to",
          "up to"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 27 4 28 2 2 34",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "1 1 26 2 30 1 1 38",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 2 8 51",
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          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 4 22 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 4 3 52",
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          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 3 16 45",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 3 11 48",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "33 3 15 49",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "38 3 11 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_roman_offsets": [
            [
              13,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We will report information as soon as it comes in.",
          "roman": "Jōhō ga hairishidai o tsutae shimasu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "情報",
              "じょうほう"
            ],
            [
              "入",
              "はい"
            ],
            [
              "伝",
              "つた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "情報が入りしだいお伝えします。",
          "translation": "We will report information as soon as it comes in.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as soon as; upon"
      ],
      "id": "en-次第-ja-suffix-FOlFQgd0",
      "links": [
        [
          "as soon as",
          "as soon as"
        ],
        [
          "upon",
          "upon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(after a verb in ren'yōkei) as soon as; upon"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "after a verb in ren'yōkei"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕida̠i]"
    },
    {
      "other": "しだい"
    }
  ],
  "word": "次第"
}

{
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "次"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "id": "en-次第-ja-soft-redirect-47DEQpj8",
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "次第"
}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms read with on'yomi",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 次 read as し",
    "Japanese terms spelled with 第 read as だい",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō)",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation with pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with multiple readings",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": "1",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "次第",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "次",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "第",
          "だい"
        ]
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      "form": "shidai",
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      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
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        [
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        ]
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        ]
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      "ipa": "[ɕida̠i]"
    },
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      "other": "しだい"
    }
  ],
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    "Japanese terms spelled with 第 read as だい",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
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      ],
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              9,
              11
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            ]
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          "english": "Whether to believe or not is up to you.",
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            [
              "信",
              "しん"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "次第",
              "しだい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "信じるかどうかは君次第",
          "translation": "Whether to believe or not is up to you.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              18,
              24
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              11,
              21
            ],
            [
              19,
              21
            ],
            [
              30,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Everything depends on you and on me.",
          "ref": "2024, 大濱健悟 (Ōhama Kengo), “雑踏、僕らの街 [Hustle and Bustle, Our City]”, performed by トゲナシトゲアリ:",
          "roman": "nani mo ka mo kimishidai de bokushidai sa",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "何",
              "なに"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "次",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "第",
              "だい"
            ],
            [
              "僕",
              "ぼく"
            ],
            [
              "次",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "第",
              "だい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "何もかも君次第で僕次第さ",
          "translation": "Everything depends on you and on me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "dependent on; up to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dependent",
          "dependent"
        ],
        [
          "up to",
          "up to"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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            [
              13,
              19
            ]
          ],
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              5,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "english": "We will report information as soon as it comes in.",
          "roman": "Jōhō ga hairishidai o tsutae shimasu.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "情報",
              "じょうほう"
            ],
            [
              "入",
              "はい"
            ],
            [
              "伝",
              "つた"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "情報が入りしだいお伝えします。",
          "translation": "We will report information as soon as it comes in.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as soon as; upon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "as soon as",
          "as soon as"
        ],
        [
          "upon",
          "upon"
        ]
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        "(after a verb in ren'yōkei) as soon as; upon"
      ],
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        "after a verb in ren'yōkei"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕida̠i]"
    },
    {
      "other": "しだい"
    }
  ],
  "word": "次第"
}

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  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "次"
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "no-gloss"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "次第"
}

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