繰り返す
くりかえす
to repeat; to do over again
JLPT N3 Common word
Meanings
Godan verb (-su), Transitive, Intransitive
to repeat; to do over again
Forms
| Plain | Polite | |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 繰り返すくりかえす | 繰り返しますくりかえします |
| Negative | 繰り返さないくりかえさない | 繰り返しませんくりかえしません |
| Past | 繰り返したくりかえした | 繰り返しましたくりかえしました |
| Past negative | 繰り返さなかったくりかえさなかった | 繰り返しませんでしたくりかえしませんでした |
| Te-form | 繰り返してくりかえして |
|---|---|
| Potential | 繰り返せるくりかえせる |
| Passive | 繰り返されるくりかえされる |
| Causative | 繰り返させるくりかえさせる |
| Volitional | 繰り返そうくりかえそう |
| Imperative | 繰り返せくりかえせ |
| Conditional (ば) | 繰り返せばくりかえせば |
| Conditional (たら) | 繰り返したらくりかえしたら |
Example sentences
歴史は繰り返される。
History repeats itself.
トムは質問を繰り返した。
Tom repeated his question.
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He repeated his question.
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The telephone rang repeatedly.
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Don't make the same mistake again.
More examples (10)
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She made the same mistake again.
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He repeated the same mistake.
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Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
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She is constantly in and out of hospital.
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She explained it over again.
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He kept on telling the same story over and over.
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People repeat their mistakes in order to become adults.
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She is constantly in and out of hospital.
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He repeated it again.
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The teacher made me repeat the sentence.