あいつぐ

[相次ぐ] ¶～不幸［損失］に耐える

bear disaster on disaster ［loss on loss］

¶→あいついで

相次ぐ
to follow in succession

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あいつぐ【相次ぐ】

¶～不幸［損失］に耐える

bear disaster on disaster ［loss on loss］

¶ → あいついで

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あいつぐ【相次ぐ】

succeed one another; come [happen] one after another.

●相次いで in (rapid) succession; one after [following] another; following one another; successively

・両親は相次いでこの世を去った. My parents died one after the other.

・最近子供の自殺が相次いで起きている. Lately there's been one child suicide after another. | Lately there's been a succession of child suicides.

・悲しい事件が相次いで起こった. There was a succession of tragic incidents. | One tragic incident followed (on the heels of) another.

●相次ぐ不審火に町民は夜回りを始めた. The townspeople set up night patrols, after a succession of suspicious fires.

・抗議の電話が相次いだ. There was a succession [a whole stream] of protest telephone calls. | We received one protest phone call after another.