順|じゅんjun[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N3approx.Common
ずんzunok
Definitions
  1. noun, noun (suffix)order; turn; sorting
    The entry words are arranged alphabetically.
  2. na-adjectiveobedient; docile; submissive; meek
Conjugation
Plain form順(じゅん)
Polite (desu)順です(じゅんです)
Negative (dewa nai)順ではない(じゅんではない)
polite (dewa arimasen)順ではありません(じゅんではありません)
Past (datta)順だった(じゅんだった)
Past negative (dewa nakatta)順ではなかった(じゅんではなかった)
Te form (de)順で(じゅんで)
Adverbial (ni)順に(じゅんに)
Conditional (nara)順なら(じゅんなら)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym順序じゅんじょNeutralOrder or procedure that follows set rules, as in 「順序を守る」; the emphasis is on steps. 「順」 often serves as a suffix, as in 「五十音順」.
  • Synonym順番じゅんばんNeutralThe order of taking turns — whose turn it is — as in 「順番を待つ」; common in everyday speech.
  • Synonym配列はいれつNeutralArranging things in a set order, as in 「配列を変える」; the emphasis is on the way items are laid out.
  • RelatedシーケンスWrittenA loanword for a sequence, mostly in technical or computing contexts; in everyday speech 「順序」 is the usual word.
  • Antonym逆ぎゃくNeutralThe reverse or opposite — an inverted order or direction — and the word that stands opposite to 「順」.

Use 「~順」 as a suffix for orderings like 「五十音順」, 「順序」 for rule-based steps, 「順番」 for whose turn it is, and 「配列」 for how things are arranged; 「逆」 is the opposite.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (ジュン)順番じゅんばん。順序じゅんじょ。序列じょれつ。
  2. (ジュン)順当じゅんとう。
  3. (ジュン)従順じゅうじゅん。素直すなおでおとなしいこと。
  4. 素直すなおに従したがうさま。
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