How to say "next" in Japanese

• 次つぎJLPT N5approx.Common
  no-adjectiveThe general word for the next item in a sequence or order: the next page, the next train, the next speaker. Choose this when 'next' refers to a series rather than physical position.
  この次つぎ来くるときは、花はなを持もってきてあげよう。↗

  Next time I come, I'll bring you some flowers.
• 隣となりJLPT N5approx.Common
  no-adjectiveCovers 'next' only in the spatial sense of adjoining or adjacent: the seat next to yours, the shop next door. It does not express 'next' in a sequence or in time.
  ジョーダンさんは彼かれの隣となりに座すわった。↗

  Mr Jordan sat down beside him.
• 来らいJLPT N3approx.Common
  prefixCombines with time words such as year or spring to mean the coming one, as in 'next year'. For 'next' in sequences or position, other words are needed.
  来年末らいねんまつまでで、ここで働はたらき始はじめてどれくらいの期間きかんになりますか。↗

  How long will you have been working here by the end of next year?
• 次いでついでJLPT N1approx.Common
  adverb, conjunctionAn adverb meaning 'next' or 'secondly', used to move on to a second or later point in narration or enumeration. It links steps or events in order rather than pointing to a single next item.
  それは教育きょういくに次ついで大おおきな問題もんだいだ。↗

  That is the principle problem next to education.
• あくるJLPT N1approx.Common
  pre-noun adjectivalCovers 'next' for a day, morning, or similar time: the next day, the next morning, the one following the day just mentioned. Usually written in kana alone.

Use 次 for the next item in a sequence, 隣 for spatial adjacency, 来 with time words like year, 「次いで」 as an adverb in enumerations, and 「あくる」 for the following day or morning.

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• 次つぎnext
• 隣となりnext (to)
• 来らいnext (year, spring, etc.)
• 次いでついでnext
• あくるnext (day, morning, etc.)
• 後続こうぞくsucceeding
• 来るきたるnext (e.g. "next April")
• ネクストnext
• 翌よくthe following
• 次じnext
• この次このつぎnext
• 次なるつぎなるnext
• 次につぎにnext
• お次おつぎnext
• 続いてつづいてsubsequently
• 引き続きひきつづきnext
• 下ってくだってfollowed by
• 向こうむこうfrom now