再ふたたび

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

adverb

again; once more; a second time

Formal or literary adverb for doing something again or for a repeated occurrence. In casual speech, また is more common.

彼かれは再ふたたび同おなじ過あやまちを繰くり

返かえ

し

た

。

He repeated the same mistake again.

戦せん争そうが再ふたたび起おこることを恐おそれている。

They fear that war will break out once more.

Usage patterns

再ふたたび〈動どう詞し〉to do (a verb) again
彼かれらは長ながい年ねん月げつを経へて再ふたたび出で会あった。
After many years, they met again.
〈事こと〉が再ふたたび起おこるfor something to happen again
同おなじ問もん題だいが再ふたたび起おこることを恐おそれている。
They fear that the same problem will happen again.

Expressions

破は鏡きょう再ふたたび照てらさずa broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled
落らっ花か枝えだに帰かえらず破は鏡きょう再ふたたび照てらさずwhat's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk

Kanji

再again, twice, second time
二two, two radical (no. 7)
度degrees, occurrence, time

Related words

またN5
また is the everyday, casual word for 'again', while 再び is more formal and often used in writing or speeches.
もう一いち度どN5
もう一度 means 'one more time' and is neutral in register, whereas 再び carries a more literary or emphatic tone.
再さい度どN1
再度 is a formal, often bureaucratic way to say 'once again', close in register to 再び but more common in official notices.
改あらためてN2
再び is more literary and appears mainly in written narrative, whereas 改めて is common in everyday spoken and business use.

Word family

再ふたたび取とる
take again; retake; reassume
再ふたたび導どう入にゅう
reintroduction
再ふたたび読よむ
reread; read again

Written forms

再ふたたびUsage78%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general writing.
ふたたびUsage22%
Kana spelling is common in casual or learner-oriented writing.
二ふた度たび
Rare kanji form; easily confused with 二度 (にど, 'twice'). Use 再び in most contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 二 (ふた, 'two') + 度 (たび, 'time/occurrence'), literally 'a second time'. The kanji 再 ('again') is a semantic match rather than a phonetic one.