再び

Japanese
Kanji in this term
再
ふたた
Grade: 5
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
二度

Etymology

Compound of 二 (futa, “two”) +‎ 度 (-tabi, counter for times).

The okurigana び (​bi) is used to indicate the reading.

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ふたたび [fùtátábí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝta̠ta̠bʲi]

Adverb

再(ふたた)び • (futatabi) 

  1. again, once more
    Synonym: 二度 (nido)
    火山(かざん)が再(ふたた)び活動(かつどう)を始(はじ)めた
    kazan ga futatabi katsudō o hajimeta
    The volcano has become active again
  2. for the second time
    Synonyms: 二度目 (nido-me), 二番目 (niban-me)
    二度(ふたたび)あることは三度(みたび)ある。
    Futatabi aru koto wa mitabi aru.
    An event which occurs two times will become three times.

Idioms
  • 老(お)いて再(ふたた)び児(ちご)になる (oite futatabi chigo ni naru)
  • 椿葉(ちんよう)の影(かげ)再(ふたた)び改(あらた)まる (chin'yō no kage futatabi aratamaru)

Proverbs
  • 破鏡(はきょう)再(ふたた)び照(て)らさず (hakyō futatabi terasazu)

Noun

再(ふたた)び • (futatabi) 

  1. a second time
  2. rebirth, reincarnation, return
    Synonyms: 生まれ変わり (umarekawari), 再来 (sairai)

Derived terms
  • 二度(にど)と再(ふたた)び (nido to futatabi)

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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