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Sample Sentences for Going in Order

1. 順々 (junjun: in order, by turns)     order + order

少年たちは皆順々に話した。
Shōnentachi wa mina junjunni hanashita.
All the boys spoke in turn.

少年 (shōnen: boy)     few + years
(mina: all; everyone)
(hana(su): to speak)

2. 順番 (junban: order, one’s turn, order of things; sequential order)
     order + ranking

順番をお待ちください。
Junban o omachi kudasai.
Wait for your turn, please.

(ma(tsu): to wait)

私たちは彼の順番をわざと飛ばした。
Watashitachi wa kare no junban o wazato tobashita.
We skipped his turn on purpose.

An interesting expression of cruelty! Tantalizing to imagine the scene that prompted this sentence!

私たち (watashitachi: we)
(kare: him)
わざと (wazato: on purpose)
(to(basu): to skip over)

一人一人順番に立って、自己紹介をした。
Hitori hitori junban ni tatte, jiko-shōkai o shita.
Each man stood up in turn and introduced himself.

一人一人 (hitori hitori: one by one; each; one at a time)     one + person + one + person
(ta(tsu): to stand up)
自己紹介 (jiko-shōkai: self-introduction)
     self + oneself + to introduce + to mediate

As 順番 is pretty close in meaning to 順々, we could double the fun by changing the sentence to this:

一人一人順々に立って、自己紹介をした。
Hitori hitori junjunni tatte, jiko-shōkai o shita.

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