noun, takes する, takes genitive case の

  1. repetition, repeat, reiteration, iteration, refrain, cycle.

noun, adverb

  1. repeatedly.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
繰り返し くりかえし
 
 
 
くり返し くりかえし
 
繰返し くりかえし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

winding, reel, spin
く.る くり ソウ (7th, N1)
thread
いと シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ こ- ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
chirping of birds
ソウ ショウ さわ.ぐ
goods, refinement, dignity
ヒン しな ホン (3rd, N4)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
accuse, argue, dispute
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
return, answer, fade
かえ.す ヘン (3rd, N3)
anti-
ハン タン そり (3rd, N3)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)