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► 副詞
繰り返し  [くりかえし]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 2
☆ 完璧出来るようになるまで繰り返し練習した ⇨ I practiced repeatedly until I can do it perfectly

呉呉  [(2)くれぐれ]  [liter]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 2
☆ おさんにはくれぐれもしく ⇨ Please be sure to send my regards to your mom
☆ くれぐれもをつけて ⇨ Be careful many times over

頻り  [しきり]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 2
☆ 子供が頻りにをこすっている ⇨ My kid is rubbing his eye repeatedly

再三  [さいさん]  [liter]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 3
☆ 彼等に再三わせたが返答い ⇨ I have inquired to them repeatedly but there has been no response

立て続け  [たてつづけ]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 3
☆ 交差点事故が立て続けにこった ⇨ Accidents happened in a row at the intersection  (☛ Usually undesirable things to happen in a row)

度々  [たびたび]  [liter]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 3
☆ あなたの御父様には度々御世話になりました (おせわ) ⇨ You father helped me many times
☆ には度々注意した ⇨ I warned him repeatedly

返す返す  [(4)かえすがえす]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 4
☆ 返す返す御願げます ⇨ I beg you and beg you again

► 動詞
重なる  [かさなる]  [liter]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 1
☆ 事故が重なった ⇨ Accidents happened one after another

重ねる  [かさねる]  [liter]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 1
☆ 失敗何度も重ねるのはやるがないからだ ⇨ You repeat the same mistake because you’re not serious
☆ からも重ねて御礼申げます ⇨ I too thank you

繰り返す  [(3)くりかえす]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 1
☆ もう一度繰り返してもらえますか? ⇨ Could you repeat it one more time?
☆ 何度も繰り返して練習しなくてはいけない ⇨ You have to practice repeatedly
☆ 間違いを繰り返すな ⇨ Don’t repeat the same mistake

連続  [れんぞく]  [連続する]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 1
☆ 複数飛行機墜落事故が連続してこった ⇨ Multiple plane crashes have happened in a row

返す  [(1)かえす]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 2
☆ 何度聞き返すようでいけど、本当本当? ⇨ Sorry to ask you again and again, but is it really true?  (☛ Comes after 連用形 of another verb)
☆ 書類何度読み返した ⇨ I read the document over and over  (☛ Comes after 連用形 of another verb)

続発  [ぞくはつ]  [続発する]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 2
☆ 米国では銃乱射事件が続発している ⇨ In US mass shooting incidents have been happening one after another

連発  [れんぱつ]  [連発する]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 2
☆ はおならを連発した ⇨ He repeatedly farted
☆ 冗談を連発した ⇨ He told one joke after another

相次ぐ  [(1)あいつぐ]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 3
☆ この交差点事故が相次いだ ⇨ Accidents happened one after another in the intersection  (☛ Something to happen repeatedly in a rapid succession)
☆ 天災が相次いでこった ⇨ Natural disasters happened one after another  (☛ Something to happen repeatedly in a rapid succession)

続出  [ぞくしゅつ]  [続出する]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 3
☆ 新型ウイルス死者が続出した ⇨ The death toll from the new virus have mounted quickly
☆ 素材水着によって世界新記録が続出した ⇨ New world records were made again and again because of the new material swimsuits

度重なる  [(5)たびかさなる]  [liter]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 3
☆ 首相は度重なる不祥事辞任まれた ⇨ The prime minister was forced to resign after repeated scandals

梯子  [はしご]  [梯子する]  [coll]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 4
☆ 彼等飲み屋を梯子した ⇨ They came out of one pub and then went to another one  (☛ Go to multiple restaurants/pubs in one night)

反復  [はんぷく]  [反復する]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 4
☆ スポーツ選手は反復して習得する ⇨ Athletes learn skills by repeating over and over

蒸し返す  [(4)むしかえす]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 4
☆ じことを何度も蒸し返す ⇨ He brings up the same topic again and again  (☛ Bring up resentfully a supposedly settled issue)

► 成句
たこ  [(1)たこ]  [耳にタコができる]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 3
☆ そのタコ出来るまでかされた ⇨ I have been made to listen to that story until my ear developed callus, over and over and over

► 名詞
連続  [れんぞく]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 1
☆ もう十連続でだ ⇨ It has been raining 10 days in a row
☆ 彼等は三連続で優勝した ⇨ They won the championships three years in a row

繰り返し  [くりかえし]  [繰り返しになる]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 2
☆ 結局同じことの繰り返しになった ⇨ In the end we just repeated the same thing
☆ 繰り返しになりますが… ⇨ I am repeating myself, I already said this, but …

続出  [ぞくしゅつ]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 3
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二の舞  [にのまい]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 3
☆ このままでは我々彼等の二の舞になる ⇨ If we don’t change our ways we will do the second dance after them, fail just like them  (☛ Repeat of the same mistakes and failure)

オウム返し  [(4)おうむがえし]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 4
☆ 言ったことをオウム返しに繰り返すだけだった ⇨ He just kept parroting what I said to him  (☛ Literally “parrot response”)

一つ覚え  [(4)ひとつおぼえ]  [馬鹿の一つ覚え]    meaning:  repeat  rank: 4
☆ 連中表現自由バカの一つ覚えのように繰り返す ⇨ They repeat “freedom of expression” as if that is the only phrase they know  (☛ Literally means “one learned phrase of a fool”)