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Kotomora

再

again, twice, second time

JLPTN2StatusJōyō · grade 5FrequencyTop 500Strokes6

Readings

On'yomi

  • サイ
  • サ

Kun'yomi

  • ふたた.び

Nanori

  • ふた

Meaning

再 centers on repetition: doing something again, a second time, or twice. It expresses the idea of a repeated action or occurrence.

Most common words using 再

24 of 374
  • 再さい
    N2

    re-; again

  • 再生さいせい
    N2

    restoration to life; coming to life again; resuscitation; regeneration

  • 再びふたたび
    N3

    again; once more; a second time

  • 再現さいげん
    N1

    reappearance; reemergence; return; revival

  • 再開さいかい
    N2

    reopening; resumption; restarting

  • 再度さいど
    N1

    a second time; again; once more; twice

  • 再会さいかい
    N2

    meeting again; reunion

  • 再建さいけん
    N1

    rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation

  • 再発さいはつ
    N1

    return; relapse; recurrence

  • 再婚さいこん
    N1

    second marriage; remarriage

  • 再編さいへん

    reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

  • 再販さいはん

    resale

  • 再来さいらい

    return; coming back

  • 再燃さいねん

    recurrence; revival; resuscitation

  • 再選さいせん

    re-election; reelection

  • 再演さいえん

    another showing (of a play)

  • 再起さいき
    N1

    comeback; recovery; restoration; rally

  • 再考さいこう

    reconsideration

  • 再三さいさん
    N2

    again and again; repeatedly

  • 再審さいしん

    retrial; reopening of a case

  • 再来年さらいねん
    N5

    year after next

  • 再来週さらいしゅう
    N4

    week after next

  • 再任さいにん

    reappointment

  • 再来月さらいげつ
    N4

    month after next

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Etymology

再 is thought to represent a repeated action, possibly derived from a pictograph of a fish trap or a structure used again. The exact historical origin is uncertain, but the meaning of repetition is well established.

Meaning mnemonic

The top stroke 一 and the lower shape 冉 together look like a structure being built a second time: 再 means again or twice.

Reading mnemonic

For サイ, imagine a sigh of repetition: you sigh (サイ) when you have to do something again. The sound of a sigh cues サイ while the kanji means again.