次 - next, order, sequence

Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2

gradually; slowly; little by little; incrementally

table of contents; contents

deputy minister; assistant minister

vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

in order; sequential; seriatim

agency; agent; intermediation; distributor

successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one

several times

third

to follow in succession; to happen one after another