次第 [しだい] /(n-suf) (1) (after a noun) depending on/(n-suf,n,adv) (2) (after a noun or the -masu stem of a verb) as soon as/immediately after/upon/(n-suf) (3) (after the -masu stem of a verb) as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes")/whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand")/(n) (4) order/program/programme/precedence/(n) (5) circumstances/course of events/state of things/(n) (6) reason/(P)/EntL1316680/