again

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 又 is a two-stroke character meaning again or once more and is read また.
• Basic usage: It can describe meeting again or returning to the same place; 又貸し is read またがし.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Lending something already borrowed
  • 又貸し means lending or renting to someone else something that one has borrowed or rented. It applies both to subletting a room and to lending a book borrowed from a friend to another person.