1.
re-; again
Prefix indicating repetition or doing something again.
再〜 is a productive prefix meaning 're-' or 'again.'
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
In these time expressions, 再 attaches to 来 words.