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 (Early Jr. High, 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 (Late Jr. High, N1)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)