ABSTRACT
Repetition is used quite extensively in Japanese. It is used either for emphasis, or in a number of grammatical structures that also indicate some form of emphasis.
28.2.1 Emphasis by simple repetition
28.2.1.1 Repetition of noun
a 不況、不況と言われているが、企業にとっては今がチャンス。 Fukyn, fukyn to iwarete iru ga, kigyn ni totte wa ima ga
chansu. It’s said that it’s a bad recession, but for business now it is a time
of opportunity.
