1.
re-; again
Prefix indicating repetition or doing something again.
再来週に会議がある。
There's a meeting the week after next.
再 + 来週 = week after next
再確認してください。
Please reconfirm.
再 + 確認 = reconfirmation
再発を防ぐ。
To prevent recurrence.
再 + 発 = recurrence
再〜 is a productive prefix meaning 're-' or 'again.'
COMMON COMPOUNDS:
- 再開 (reopening; resumption)
- 再会 (reunion)
- 再確認 (reconfirmation)
- 再生 (playback; regeneration; recycling)
- 再建 (reconstruction)
- 再発 (recurrence)
- 再婚 (remarriage)
- 再検討 (reconsideration)
- 再入国 (re-entry into country)
SPECIAL READING:
- 再来週 (week after next) - note the さ reading
- 再来月 (month after next)
- 再来年 (year after next)
In these time expressions, 再 attaches to 来 words.