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一再ならず (いっさいならず) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いっ再さいならず

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Meanings

1

repeatedly; over and over; more than once

Fixed expression meaning something happens not just once but multiple times. Often used in formal or written contexts.

彼かれは一いっ再さいならず遅ち刻こくして

いる

。

He has been late more than once.

一いっ再さいならず注ちゅう意いしたが、改かい善ぜんされなかった。

I warned him repeatedly, but there was no improvement.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
再again, twice, second time

Related words

何なん度ども
何度も is a more common and neutral way to say 'many times' or 'repeatedly', while 一再ならず is a formal, somewhat literary expression.
再さい三さん
再三 means 'repeatedly' and is also formal, but it is more common than 一再ならず and can be used as an adverb (再三注意する).

Etymology

From 一再 (once or twice) + ならず (classical negative of なり, 'is not'), literally 'not just once or twice'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but it is a fixed Sino-Japanese expression.