How to say "frequently" in Japanese

• ちょいちょいCommon
  adverbCovers 'frequently' in the loose sense of 'now and then, every so often'. Colloquial and light in tone, it suits casual talk about things you do here and there.
  その赤ん坊あかんぼうはちょいちょい母親ははおやを困こまらせる。↗

  The baby often annoys the mother.
• しばしばJLPT N1approx.Common
  adverbA plain word for 'often; frequently' that can stress recurrence — the same kind of event happening over and over. It is usually written in kana alone.
  私はしばしば絶望感ぜつぼうかんに襲おそわれた。↗

  I was often seized by despair.
• ちょくちょくJLPT N1approx.Common
  adverbA neutral, matter-of-fact way to say that something happens now and then or fairly often. A safe choice for everyday frequency when no special nuance is needed.
  だってお隣となりさんだし。ちょくちょくお邪魔じゃまするから。↗

  Well, we're neighbours. I'll be popping over all the time.
• しきりにJLPT N3approx.Common
  adverbFits 'frequently' when the repetition is incessant — something happening over and over, almost without pause. Typical contexts are repeated urging or repeated questions.
• 再々さいさいCommon
  adverb, nounCovers 'frequently' through its 'again and again' sense: the same action or event repeated over and over. Use it when you want that repetition itself emphasized.
  あんなやつを負まかすのはお茶の子ちゃのこさいさいだ。↗

  I can beat him hands down.

For 'now and then' frequency choose 「ちょいちょい」 (colloquial) or 「ちょくちょく」; 「しばしば」 says 'often' with a hint of recurrence; 「しきりに」 stresses incessant repetition; 再々 highlights the same thing happening again and again.

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• ちょいちょいoften
• しばしばoften
• ちょくちょくoften
• しきりにfrequently
• 再々さいさいoften
• たびたびoften
• しょっちゅうalways
• しげしげfrequently
• しげくfrequently
• 頻々ひんぴんfrequently
• 足繁くあししげくfrequently
• しきりとfrequently
• 重ね重ねかさねがさねrepeatedly
• 毎々まいまいeach time
• びっちりwithout gaps
• 常日頃つねひごろeveryday
• 盛んにさかんにactively
• よくfrequently
• ころころ(changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.)
• ちょこちょこoften