繰り返す

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: S
かえ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
繰返す

Etymology

繰り (kuri, 連用形 (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb 繰る (kuru, to reel, to wind, to spin)) +‎ 返す (kaesu, to return)

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「繰り返す
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
繰り返す りかえす
Imperative (命令形) 繰り返せ りかえせ
Key constructions
Passive 繰り返される りかえされ
Causative 繰り返させる りかえさせ
Potential 繰り返せる りかえせ
Volitional 繰り返そう りかえそ
Negative 繰り返さない りかえさない
Negative perfective 繰り返さなかった りかえさなかった
Formal 繰り返します りかえしま
Perfective 繰り返した りかえした
Conjunctive 繰り返して りかえして
Hypothetical conditional 繰り返せば りかえせば

Verb

()(かえ) (kurikaesuくりかへす (kurikafesu)?transitive godan (stem ()(かえ) (kurikaeshi), past ()(かえ)した (kurikaeshita))

  1. to repeat, to do again
    直前(ちょくぜん)(おこな)った操作(そうさ)()(かえ)
    chokuzen ni okonatta sōsa o kurikaesu
    repeat the previous operation

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN