How to say "another" in Japanese

• 別途べっとCommon
  no-adjective, na-adjectiveReally means 'separately' or 'specially': 'another' here is something extra arranged, charged, or handled on its own rather than a second instance of the same thing.
• 別個べっこCommon
  no-adjectiveCovers 'another' when the point is that things are separate and discrete: each item is its own, distinct from the others, rather than shared or lumped together.
  その二ふたつの考かんがえはまったく別個べっこのものだ。↗

  Those two ideas are quite distinct.
• 今ひとついまひとつCommon
  adverbCovers 'another (one)' in the counting sense: one more of something added to what already exists. Typical when you finish one and take, try, or do one more.
• 今いまJLPT N5approx.Common
  adverbBest known as 'now'; as 'another' it is really the adverbial 'more' — an additional amount or step — so it seldom stands for a separate person or thing.
• ほかJLPT N5approx.Common
  no-adjectiveCovers 'another' for a person or thing other than the one in question, and 'something else' when you turn from the current option to a different one.
  地球ちきゅうは水みずがあるという点てんでほかの惑星わくせいと違ちがう。↗

  The earth is different from the other planets in that it has water.

Use 「ほか」 for another person or thing, 別個 for things that are separate and discrete, 別途 for something handled or charged separately, and 「今ひとつ」 or 今 for one more of something.

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• 別途べっとseparate
• 別個べっこanother
• 今ひとついまひとつone more
• 余よother
• アナザーanother
• も一つもひとつanother
• もう一つもうひとつanother
• もう一人もうひとりanother (person)
• 何か別なにかべつanother
• あと一歩あといっぽone more
• 今一歩いまいっぽone more
• 今いまanother
• ほかanother (person or thing)
• 別べつseparate
• もうfurther
• もfurther