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繰り返し (くりかえし) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

繰くり返かえし

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Meanings

1

repetition; repeat; cycle

Refers to the act or instance of doing something again, or a recurring pattern. Used as a noun.

同おなじ失しっ敗ぱいの

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I want to avoid repeating the same mistake.

この曲きょくは繰くり返かえしが多おおくて覚おぼえやすい。

This song has many repetitions, so it's easy to remember.

2

repeatedly; again and again; over and over

Adverbial use indicating that an action is done many times. Often used with verbs like 言う, 練習する, 注意する.

母ははは私わたしに同おなじことを繰くり返かえし言いう。
My mother tells me the same thing over and over.
彼かれは繰くり返かえし練れん習しゅうして、ついに成せい功こうした。
He practiced repeatedly and finally succeeded.

Usage patterns

〈動どう詞し〉を繰くり返かえすto repeat (an action)
同おなじ間ま違ちがいを繰くり返かえす。
He keeps repeating the same mistake.
繰くり返かえし〈動どう詞し〉to do something repeatedly / over and over
先せん生せいは同おなじ注ちゅう意いを繰くり返かえし言いった。
The teacher repeated the same warning over and over.
〈事こと〉の繰くり返かえしa repetition of the same thing
毎まい日にちが同おなじ生せい活かつの繰くり返かえしだ。
Every day is just the same routine repeating itself.
繰くり返かえしになりますがto reiterate; as I mentioned before
繰くり返かえしになりますが、明日あしたは休きゅう業ぎょう日びです。
To repeat myself, tomorrow is a closed day.

Kanji

繰winding, reel, spin
返return, answer, fade

Related words

反はん復ぷく sense 1
反復 is a more formal, technical term for repetition (e.g. in science or grammar), while 繰り返し is the everyday word for doing or saying something again.
再さい三さんN2sense 2
再三 is a literary/formal adverb meaning 'time and again', whereas 繰り返し is the plain, common way to say 'repeatedly'.
リピートN3sense 1
リピート is a casual loanword often used for repeating songs, videos, or playback, while 繰り返し is the natural Japanese word for repetition in general contexts.
重ちょう複ふくN1
繰り返し is a general word for repetition, often intentional or cyclical, while 重複 emphasizes unwanted or unnecessary overlap.

Counted with

回かいN4
The neutral counter for occurrences: how many times something happens.
度どN4
Counts times/occasions like 回, but often for one-off or notable occasions (一度 = once).

Word family

繰くり返かえし符ふ号ごう
repetition symbol; iteration mark
繰くり返かえし記き号ごう
iteration mark; repetition symbol
繰くり返かえしゲーム
repeated game

Written forms

繰くり返かえしUsage81%
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くり返かえしUsage10%
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繰くり返かえしUsage4%
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Etymology

Derived from the verb 繰り返す (to repeat), which is a compound of 繰る (to reel, spin) and 返す (to return, do again). The noun/adverb form uses the continuative stem.

繰くりかえしUsage4%

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くりかえしUsage2%