中日文化既存在文化融合又有本质的差异。其中最大的差异就体现在中日汉字的差异上。本文从中日词语“次第”的词义演变进行比较阐述,中国“次第”以“等第,顺序;依次”为基本义,演变出了“情形;不久;急速;规模;气派”等义项。而日本在“移植”和发展中国“次第”的基本义之后,最突出的是融入了歌舞伎文化。尽管“次第”一词在日本语言文化中的发展演变并不如在中国的复杂多样,但在两国的文化传承中却遭遇了两种截然不同的结果:在当下的中国语用体系中,“次第”演绎成了文言词和难词;而在日本,则变成了常用语。这主要归结与两国不同的具体历史语境和语言文化的传承态度。 There are both cultural differences and essential differences between Chinese and Japanese cultures. The biggest difference is reflected in the differences between Chinese and Japanese characters. This article elaborates on the evolution of lexical meaning of the Chinese and Japanese words “second order ”. The Chinese “second order ” evolves out of “order, ” and “ Style ”and other senses. Japan, after its basic meaning of “transplanting” and developing China “second”, most prominently incorporates the Kabuki culture. Although the development and evolution of “second term ” in Japanese language and culture are not as complex and diverse as those in China, they have met with two distinct results in the cultural inheritance of the two countries: in the current Chinese pragmatic system , “Second ” deduced into classical words and difficult words; in Japan, then became a common language. This mainly comes down to the specific historical context and the inheritance of language and culture which are different from the two countries.