Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 将嗣, 正次, 雅継, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. MAH-SAH-TSOO-GOO [key] Meaning & History From 正 (masa) meaning "correct, proper" or 雅 (masa) meaning "elegant", combined with 次 (tsugu) meaning "second, next" or 継 (tsugu) meaning "to succeed somene, inherit". Other kanji combinations are possible.