Japanese symbol for “secondary”
二の次
にのつぎ
Romaji: ninotsugi
secondary; of secondary importance
In Japanese, secondary is 二の次, read にのつぎ (ninotsugi).
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Meanings
- adj-no, exp, n secondary; of secondary importance
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “secondary”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 副次的 | ふくじてき fukujiteki | secondary |
| 付帯 | ふたい futai | incidental; ancillary; accessory |
| 従 | じゅう juu | subordinate; secondary; junior |
| 二義的 | にぎてき nigiteki | secondary |
| セカンダリー | セカンダリー sekandarii | secondary |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二つ | ふたつ futatsu | two |
| 二宮 | にぐう niguu | the Two Ise Shrines |
| 二塁打 | にるいだ niruida | two-base hit; double |
| 二塁 | にるい nirui | second base |
| 二分 | にぶん nibun | halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection |
| 一石二鳥 | いっせきにちょう issekinichou | killing two birds with one stone |
| 次元 | じげん jigen | dimension |
| 次回 | じかい jikai | next time (occasion) |
See also: Chinese symbol for “secondary”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.