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再び (ふたたび) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

再ふたたび

ふ

た

た

び

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

1

adverb

again; once more; a second time

Formal or literary adverb for doing something again or for a repeated occurrence. In casual speech, また is more common.

彼かれは再ふたたび同おなじ過あやまちを繰くり返かえした。
He repeated the same mistake again.
戦せん争そうが再ふたた

び

起お

こる

こと

を

恐おそ

れ

て

いる

。

They fear that war will break out once more.

Written forms

再ふたたびUsage78%
Standard kanji spelling; high-frequency in news and general writing.
ふたたびUsage22%
Kana spelling is common in casual or learner-oriented writing.
二ふた度たび
Rare kanji form; easily confused with 二度 (にど, 'twice'). Use 再び in most contexts.

Kanji

再again, twice, second time
二two, two radical (no. 7)
度degrees, occurrence, time

Similar words

また
また is the everyday word for 'again'; 再び is more formal and often used in writing or speeches.
もう一いち度ど
もう一度 means 'one more time' and is neutral in register; 再び carries a slightly more literary or emphatic tone.

Etymology

Compound of 二 (ふた, 'two') + 度 (たび, 'time/occurrence'), literally 'a second time'. The kanji 再 ('again') is a semantic match rather than a phonetic one.