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Kotomora

又

or again, furthermore, on the other hand

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes2

Readings

On'yomi

  • ユウ

Kun'yomi

  • また
  • また-
  • また.の-

Nanori

  • やす

Meaning

又 centers on addition or alternation: something happening again, furthermore, or presenting another side of a situation.

Most common words using 又

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  • 又また
    N5

    again; once more; once again; another time; some other time

  • 又はまたは
    N4

    or; either ... or ...

  • 又とないまたとない

    unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again

  • 又鬼またぎ

    traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi

  • 猫又ねこまた

    nekomata; fork-tailed cat yōkai

  • 三つ又みつまた

    three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet, intersection); trifurcated

  • 又候またぞろ

    (yet) again

  • 又ねまたね

    bye; see you later

  • こりゃ又こりゃまた

    oh goodness!; I say!

  • ル又るまた

    kanji radical 79 at right

  • 三又槍魚みつまたやりうお

    Pacific blackdragon (Idiacanthus antrostomus)

  • 且つ又かつまた

    besides; furthermore; moreover

  • 勝利又勝利しょうりまたしょうり

    victory after victory

  • 又とまたと

    (never) again

  • 又もまたも

    (once) again

  • 又借りまたがり

    borrowing something already borrowed

  • 又写しまたうつし

    copying again

  • 又四郎尺またしろうじゃく

    Matashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)

  • 又姪まためい

    grandniece

  • 又家来またげらい

    secondary retainer

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Study

Etymology

又 is a pictograph of a right hand, originally depicting a hand with fingers. Over time it came to be used abstractly for 'again' or 'furthermore' through grammatical extension.

Meaning mnemonic

Picture a hand making a 'come again' gesture, beckoning something to happen once more. The simple two-stroke fork shape is like a hand signaling 'again' or 'on the other hand'.

Reading mnemonic

For ユウ, imagine a hand beckoning you to come again: 'you' -> ユウ, as if the hand is saying 'you, again!'