Japanese symbol for “rerun”
二番煎じ
にばんせんじ
Romaji: nibansenji
rehash; (boring) rerun
In Japanese, rerun is 二番煎じ, read にばんせんじ (nibansenji).
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Meanings
- n rehash; (boring) rerun
- n second brew of tea
Written forms: 二番煎じ、二番せんじ. Readings: にばんせんじ.
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “rerun”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 再映 | さいえい saiei | rerun; reshow; revive (a movie) |
| リピート | リピート ripiito | repeat (broadcast); rerun; repeat performance |
| 再上映 | さいじょうえい saijouei | rescreening (of a movie); reshowing; rerun |
| 再放送 | さいほうそう saihousou | rebroadcasting; rerun |
| アンコール放送 | アンコールほうそう ankooruhousou | rebroadcasting; rerun |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二つ | ふたつ futatsu | two |
| 二宮 | にぐう niguu | the Two Ise Shrines |
| 二塁打 | にるいだ niruida | two-base hit; double |
| 二塁 | にるい nirui | second base |
| 二分 | にぶん nibun | halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection |
| 一石二鳥 | いっせきにちょう issekinichou | killing two birds with one stone |
| 一番 | いちばん ichiban | number one; first; first place |
| 番組 | ばんぐみ bangumi | program (e.g. TV); programme |
| 煎餅 | せんべい senbei | (Japanese) rice cracker; senbei |
See also: Chinese symbol for “rerun”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.