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Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N2

Meaningswinding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up
On'yomiソウ
Kun'yomi
Strokes19
Radical

Compounds

  • making do, getting by (somehow), managing

  • postponement

  • repetition, repeat, reiteration, iteration

  • to repeat, to do over again

  • to reel, to wind, to spin (thread), to turn (pages)

Example sentences

  • History repeats itself.

  • The opposition party is still harping on the scandal.

  • She made the same mistake again.

  • Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.

  • The exchange unfolding in front of my eyes had not a single millimetre of a gap in which for me to slip.

  • If you continue with the pointless arguments here...it'll end up as a repeat of yesterday.

  • He made a firm resolution never to repeat it.

  • The payment will be deferred for two years.