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Kun: また

Memory Aid

The kanji 又 originally depicted a right hand. From the idea of a 'second' or 'another' hand, it came to mean 'again' or 'also'.

'Mata' — When you meet someone 'again', you say 'Mata (また) ne!'

Vocabulary

またagain, also
又聞きまたぎきhearsay, second-hand information
又々またまたagain and again, repeatedly
又従兄弟またいとこsecond cousin
又貸しまたがしsublease

Example Sentences

また明日会いましょう。

Let's meet again tomorrow.

彼はまた遅刻した。

He was late again.

これと、又あれもお願いします。

This one, and also that one please.

彼の又の名を「白狐」という。

His other name is 'White Fox'.

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