It started raining again.
また同じ間違いをした。
I made the same mistake again.
Adds an item or person to a list or statement. Similar to も but often at the beginning of a clause.
彼は医者で、また作家でもある。
He is a doctor and also a writer.
日本語を勉強しています。また、フランス語も勉強したいです。
I'm studying Japanese. I'd like to study French as well.
Introduces a contrasting point. Often used with 一方 or in a structure like また一方で.
この車は速い。また、燃費も悪くない。
This car is fast. On the other hand, its fuel efficiency isn't bad either.
Conjunctive use linking clauses or sentences, adding information.
彼は親切だ。また、とても頭がいい。
He is kind. Moreover, he is very smart.
Presents an alternative. Often used in the pattern また(は) or in questions offering a choice.
コーヒーにしますか、または紅茶にしますか。
Will you have coffee, or tea?
Expresses surprise, shock, or doubt. Often used in questions like またどうして or またなぜ.
またどうしてそんなことをしたの？
Why on earth did you do that?
Prefix meaning indirect or secondary. Found in compounds like また聞き (hearsay).
See also: また聞き
それはまた聞きの話だから、本当かどうかわからない。
That's secondhand information, so I don't know if it's true.
He made the same mistake again.
He is a doctor, and also a writer.
City life is convenient, but on the other hand, human relationships become weaker.
The food at this restaurant is delicious. Moreover, the staff's service is polite.
あるいは is a formal conjunction meaning 'or', while また is more casual and typically combines into または to express the same idea.
再び is a formal, literary word for 'again' used mainly in writing, while また is the everyday equivalent used in speech.
一方 means 'on the other hand' and is often paired with また (また一方で) to introduce a contrast, but used alone it is more formal and noun-like than また.
そして links sequential actions or events ('and then'), whereas また adds a related but separate point ('also/moreover').
また introduces an additional, somewhat separate point, whereas かつ tightly binds two aspects as being true of the same subject at the same time.
また is a native Japanese adverb used in everyday casual speech, while 再 is a formal prefix mainly found in written or official Sino-Japanese compounds.
このほか signals 'besides this' when listing additional things, while また is a lighter, more common connector meaning 'also' or 'and'.
まだ means 'still' or 'not yet' and is easily confused with また ('again/also') because the two words differ by only one vowel.
復 (return, again, as in 復習) is a homophone often confused with 複 (multiple, compound, as in 複数) despite having unrelated meanings.
又 (また) is an unrelated common word meaning 'again' or 'also', which learners can confuse with 股 (また) because they share the same reading and a similar kanji shape.
or; either ... or ...
once again; yet again
nekomata; fork-tailed cat yōkai · giant mountain beast
matagi; traditional winter hunters of Tōhoku
three-pronged; three-way; trifurcated · three-pronged fork; trident
(yet) again; once more
kanji radical 79 (right side)
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
(never) again; a second time
Rarely used kanji form.
bye; see you later
again; once again
grandniece
grandnephew
second door from here; next door but one
or; or else; alternatively
besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition