← back to もう一度

もう一度 details

one more time + write

mou ichido kaku

one more time; once again — exactly one further go at the same thing

meaning: write one more time

よくからなかったので、もう一度もういちど聞くきくことにした。

yoku wakaranakatta node, mou ichido kiku koto ni shita.

I didn't really follow it, so I decided to ask one more time. neutral

しかったね。もう一度いちどやってみようよ。

oshikatta ne. mou ichido yatte miyou yo.

So close. Let's give it another go. casual

  • colloquial

Examples

one more time — a single repetition, usually because the first attempt failed or was missed

よくからなかったので、もう一度いちどくことにした。

yoku wakaranakatta node, mou ichido kiku koto ni shita.

I didn't really follow it, so I decided to ask one more time. neutral

しかったね。もう一度いちどやってみようよ。

oshikatta ne. mou ichido yatte miyou yo.

So close. Let's give it another go. casual

時間じかんがあれば、もう一度いちどあの美術館びじゅつかんきたい。

jikan ga areba, mou ichido ano bijutsukan ni ikitai.

If I have the time, I'd like to visit that museum once more. neutral

おそりますが、もう一度いちど名前なまえをおねがいできますでしょうか。

osoreirimasu ga, mou ichido o namae o o negai dekimasu deshou ka.

I'm sorry to trouble you — could I have your name once more? formal

Formation

Variant notes

Notes

The counting もう is not limited to repetitions: it adds one more unit of
anything measurable — もうすこし, もう一杯いっぱい, もう一人ひとり.

Related patterns

Similar

  • もう一度 asks for one more instance right now, また only marks that a repeat happens at all — so "say that again" is もう一度言ってください, while またってください pushes the repeat off to some later occasion.

Lookalikes

  • One もう doing two jobs — the counting もう of もう一度 adds one more unit and takes an amount after it, while the temporal もう of もうべた reports a change already complete and takes none; もう一杯いっぱい pours another glass, もうかえった says the person has gone.