リピートripiito

Common
レピートrepiito
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbrepeat; repeating; repetition
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbrepeat (broadcast); rerun; repeat performance
  3. noun, musicrepeat sign
  4. nounrepeat consumption; consumer loyalty
Conjugation
Dictionary formリピートする
Polite (masu)リピートします
Negative (nai)リピートしない
polite (masen)リピートしません
classical zu / nuリピートせず・リピートせぬ
Past (ta)リピートした
polite (mashita)リピートしました
Past negative (nakatta)リピートしなかった
polite (masen deshita)リピートしませんでした
Te formリピートして
Potentialリピートできる
Passiveリピートされる
Causativeリピートさせる
Causative passiveリピートさせられる
Conditional (ba)リピートすれば
taraリピートしたら
Volitionalリピートしよう
polite (mashou)リピートしましょう
Imperativeリピートしろ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym繰り返すくりかえすNeutralThe standard verb for doing or saying the same thing over and over; the most common everyday choice. 「リピート」 is mostly for replaying music or customers coming back.
  • Synonym繰り返しくりかえしNeutralThe everyday noun for repetition; also used adverbially as 「繰り返し」 (again and again). Common in daily speech, where 「リピート」 would suggest a replay or reorder.
  • Synonym反復はんぷくWrittenRepetition, especially repeated drilling, as in 「反復練習」; the word leans toward written and study-related language.
  • Synonym重複ちょうふくNeutralDuplication or overlap, as in 「データの重複」; it most often points to repetition that is unnecessary.
  • Relatedやり直すやりなおすNeutralTo redo something from the start; the focus is on reworking it, not on playing something back again as 「リピート」 does.
  • Antonym初回しょかいNeutralThe first round or first time of something done in a series; the opposite of 「リピート」, which is about doing or having it again.
  • AntonymワンタイムNeutralA loanword meaning only once, a one-time occurrence; the opposite of 「リピート」, which implies doing it again.

Use 「リピート」 for playing something again or a customer coming back to buy, as in 「リピーター」. For everyday repetition say 「繰り返す」, for repeated practice 「反復」, and for redoing something 「やり直す」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 繰り返くりかえすこと。もう一度いちど何なんかをする、または何なんかがなされること。
  2. 反復はんぷく記号きごう。
  3. 再度さいど、上映じょうえいまたは放送ほうそうすること。
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