繰り返す
くりかえす · kurikaesu · JLPT N3 · verb-godan
to repeat
🧵 繰り返す = reel/wind (繰る) + send back (返す): go round again
繰る (kuru) means to reel in or wind thread, turning it round and round. 返す (kaesu) means to return or send back. Together they mean to wind round and come back to the start, so you do it again. The same 繰 appears in 繰り越す, to carry over.