Emaki · all 1,500 words

繰り返す

くりかえす

to repeat

Mnemonic

Thread wound round and round, and giving it back. Round it comes again, the same cases かえす going back to the library, and you are about to say the sentence for the third time: くりかえす.

Worth knowing

Same 返 as 返す かえす. 繰り返し くりかえし is a repetition as a noun.

Built from

reel, repeat
糸 thread on the left, wound round and round and round again.
return, give back
辶 road + 反 turn over

Words sharing these kanji

to return, to repay reply to turn one's head, to look back on

This is one of 1,500 words in Emaki, a free spaced repetition trainer with a written mnemonic on every card.

Study 繰り返す in Emaki

Free, no account needed. Your progress stays in your browser.

Emaki is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Kaishi 1.5k or its authors. The word, reading and meaning come from the Kaishi 1.5k deck, used with their permission. The mnemonic, the note and the kanji breakdown are original work, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.