How to say "sequence" in Japanese

• 手順てじゅんJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounCovers 'sequence' in the sense of a step-by-step procedure or process — the ordered steps for doing something, as in work instructions or how-to contexts.
  Windows XPにはＣＤを焼やく機能きのうがあるそうですが、その手順てじゅんを解説かいせつしているページを教おしえてください。↗

  I hear that you can burn CDs with Windows XP; could you tell me a website that explains the procedures involved?
• 系列けいれつCommon
  nounSuits 'sequence' in mathematical or systematic contexts, and also means a series or grouping of related things, such as a family of products or an organizational system.
• 一連いちれんJLPT N1approx.Common
  no-adjectiveUsed for 'a sequence of' related events or things viewed as a connected chain, as in a series of incidents or a set of actions taken together.
  彼かれらは一連いちれんの音楽会おんがくかいを開催かいさいした。↗

  They gave a series of concerts.
• 順序じゅんじょJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers 'sequence' in the sense of the order in which things are arranged or performed; it emphasizes which comes first, second, and so on.
• 連続れんぞくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbMeans continuation or succession — things happening one after another without interruption, as in a continuous run of events; it is a marginal choice for 'sequence' in the strict ordered-list sense.
  賢人けんじんいわく、人生じんせいは失望しつぼうの連続れんぞくである。↗

  Some wise man has said life consists of one disappointment after another.

Choose 手順 for step-by-step procedures, 順序 for order, 一連 for a series of related things, 系列 for sequences in math or grouped systems, and 連続 for continuous succession.

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• 手順てじゅんprocess
• 系列けいれつseries
• 一連いちれんseries
• 順序じゅんじょorder
• 連続れんぞくcontinuation
• 立て続けたてつづけsuccession
• シーケンスsequence
• 数列すうれつsequence
• 順番付けるじゅんばんづけるto sequence
• 順番列じゅんばんれつsequence
• セクエンツィアsequence
• 並び順ならびじゅん(sorting) order
• 一続きひとつづきchain (of)
• 序次じょじorder
• 先後せんごbefore and after
• 列れつsequence
• 続きつづきsuccession (of)
• 配列はいれつsequence (e.g. DNA sequence)
• 連作れんさくseries (of novels)
• 後先あとさきorder
• 次じorder
• 立て付けたてつけsuccession