繰り返し|くりかえしkurikaeshi[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounrepetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration; refrain; cycle
   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.
2. adverbrepeatedly; again and again; continually; persistently
   電話でんわは繰り返くりかえし鳴なっていた。↗

   The telephone rang repeatedly.

• SynonymリピートNeutralLoanword covering repeat/replay in general, e.g. 「リピート再生」; a returning customer is a 「リピーター」. Neutral in register.
• Synonym反復はんぷくWrittenWritten word for repetition, as in 「反復練習」; leans toward training and drills, or iteration in mathematics.
• SynonymしばしばWrittenSame word as 「しばしば」 above; 「屡々」 is simply its kanji spelling, with an identical meaning.
• Synonym再三さいさんWrittenWritten word for 'again and again', as in 「再三お願いする」 or 「再三注意した」.
• SynonymたびたびNeutralAdverb meaning 'often, time and again', as in 「度々お世話になる」; stresses that something happens many times.
• RelatedしきりにWrittenWritten adverb for doing something incessantly, as in 「しきりに謝る」; stresses eager, unbroken repetition.
• RelatedループNeutralLoanword for a loop, as in 「無限ループ」; suggests a cycle closing back on itself rather than plain repetition.
• RelatedしばしばWrittenSame word as 「しばしば」 above; 「屡々」 is simply its kanji spelling, with an identical meaning.
• Related度々どどNeutralAdverb meaning 'often, time and again', as in 「度々お世話になる」; stresses that something happens many times.
• RelatedしきりとWrittenWritten form with the same meaning as 「しきりに」; leans toward written narration.
• Related幾重にもいくえにもWrittenWritten expression for repeating something over and over, as in 「幾重にもお詫びする」; stresses earnest, heartfelt repetition.
• Related重ねてかさねてWrittenWritten adverb meaning 'once more', as in 「重ねてお願い申し上げます」.
• Related重ね重ねかさねがさねWrittenWritten adverb for saying or doing something again and again, as in 「重ね重ねお礼申し上げます」.
• Related返す返すかえすがえすWrittenWritten adverb stressing degree rather than number of times, as in 「返す返すも残念」 for 'truly regrettable'.
• Related一度ならずいちどならずWrittenWritten phrase meaning 'not just once'; emphasizes that something happened many times.
• Antonym単発たんぱつNeutralMeans one-off or single-shot, as in 「単発の仕事」; the opposite of 「繰り返し」.
• Antonym一回限りNeutralMeans 'only this once' — the direct opposite of the repeated action that 「繰り返し」 describes.

Use 「繰り返し」 for repetition, as in 「繰り返し練習する」 or 「同じ失敗の繰り返し」. For drills and training say 「反復」; for things happening many times use 「度々」 or 「しばしば」. The opposite of repeating is 「単発」.

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

1. 「くりかえす」の連用形れんようけい。
2. 何度なんども同おなじ事ことを行おこなうこと。その箇所かしょ。
3. 反復はんぷく記号きごうに従したがい、同おなじ楽譜がくふ箇所かしょを反復はんぷくすること。また、反復はんぷく記号きごう。
4. 何度なんども同おなじ事ことを行おこなう様子ようす。