Broadly used for any repeating cycle, such as a machine cycle, life cycle, or economic cycle.
この洗濯機の洗濯サイクルは短い。
The wash cycle of this washing machine is short.
The economy repeats a cycle of booms and busts.
This factory repeats the same work cycle around the clock.
Fashion trend cycles have become shorter lately.
Once I got into a daily rhythm, my work started going smoothly.
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