How to say "repeat" in Japanese

• 繰り返すくりかえすJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbThe everyday verb for repeating an action or saying something again: doing the same thing, process, or phrase over and over. This is usually the word you want when 'repeat' is a verb.
  「いいえ」とイギリス人いぎりすじんは繰り返くりかえしました。↗

  "No," repeated the Englishman.
• リピートCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbA loanword heard in shopping and media contexts: buying or ordering the same item again, or playing a song or broadcast over again. It covers the casual 'repeat' of everyday consumer life.
• リピCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbColloquial short form of リピート, common in relaxed talk and online, especially about buying or ordering something again. Keep it to casual conversation; it is not a word for formal writing.
• 繰り返しくりかえしCommon
  nounThe noun form of 繰り返す: repetition of actions, events, or patterns, from everyday recurrence to the technical sense of iteration. Use it when 'repeat' or 'repetition' is a noun in ordinary contexts.
  言葉ことばの学習がくしゅうには繰り返くりかえしが必要ひつようです。↗

  Repetition plays an important role in language study.
• 反復はんぷくCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbA written, kanji-based noun for repetition, typical of academic, technical, or instructional prose, often for deliberate, systematic repetition in study or training. For the everyday verb 'to repeat', use 繰り返す instead.

Use the verb 「繰り返す」 to repeat an action, the noun 「繰り返し」 for repetition or iteration, the loanword 「リピート」 (casually 「リピ」) for replaying or reordering, and the noun 反復 for repetition in formal writing.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 繰り返すくりかえすto repeat
• リピートrepeat
• リピrepeat
• 繰り返しくりかえしrepetition
• 反復はんぷくrepetition
• 度重なるたびかさなるto occur repeatedly
• 度を重ねるどをかさねるto repeat
• リピるto repeat
• 折れ返るおれかえるto tell again and again
• 回を重ねるかいをかさねるto advance (as of a baseball game)
• 再上映さいじょうえいrescreening (of a movie)
• めぐるto come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.)
• 言い返すいいかえすto say over
• ダブるto repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.)