順|じゅんjun[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, noun (suffix)order; turn; sorting
- 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.
- 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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