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
よく分からなかったので、もう一度聞くことにした。
yoku wakaranakatta node, mou ichido kiku koto ni shita.
I didn't really follow it, so I decided to ask one more time. neutral
惜しかったね。もう一度やってみようよ。
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
よく分からなかったので、もう一度聞くことにした。
yoku wakaranakatta node, mou ichido kiku koto ni shita.
I didn't really follow it, so I decided to ask one more time. neutral
惜しかったね。もう一度やってみようよ。
oshikatta ne. mou ichido yatte miyou yo.
So close. Let's give it another go. casual
時間があれば、もう一度あの美術館に行きたい。
jikan ga areba, mou ichido ano bijutsukan ni ikitai.
If I have the time, I'd like to visit that museum once more. neutral
恐れ入りますが、もう一度お名前をお願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
もう一度{V}attaches to dictionary form
Variant notes
- もう一回 — 回 for 度 in speech, tilted toward rounds and retries — もう一回やってみる。
Notes
anything measurable — もう少し, もう一杯, もう一人.
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 また言ってください 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 もう食べた reports a change already complete and takes none; もう一杯 pours another glass, もう帰った says the person has gone.