リピートripiito
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbrepeat; repeating; repetition
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbrepeat (broadcast); rerun; repeat performance
- noun, musicrepeat sign
- 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.
- 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


