Im on my research about form and meaning of japanese reduplication. Have you
guys ever heard or use 休み休み? What exactly the meaning is? If I translate
'resting multiple times' is it right? Thanks
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meaning reduplication
Form and means of japanese reduplication
I assume you already know onomatopoeia/mimetic words such as キラキラ and ヒューヒュー,
which heavily use reduplication. The following is only about duplicated
_verbs_.

There are a few words that appear in the form of "repeated verbs", but you
have to memorize their meanings one by one, looking them up in a dictionary:

  * [休み休み](http://jisho.org/word/%E4%BC%91%E3%81%BF%E4%BC%91%E3%81%BF) (no-adj): "resting at times; with pauses" 
    * There is an idiomatic phrase [バカも休み休み言え](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/174685/meaning/m0u/) ("don't talk stupid", "go and boil your head").
  * [ノリノリ](http://jisho.org/word/%E4%B9%97%E3%82%8A%E4%B9%97%E3%82%8A) (no-adj): "in high spirits​; cooking" (almost always written in kana)
  * [イケイケ](http://jisho.org/word/%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%91%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%91) (na-adj/no-adj): "excited; upbeat" (almost always written in kana)
  * [飛び飛び](http://jisho.org/word/%E9%A3%9B%E3%81%B3%E9%A3%9B%E3%81%B3) (no-adj): "with intervals; scattered; sporadic"
  * [泣く泣く](http://jisho.org/word/%E6%B3%A3%E3%81%8F%E6%B3%A3%E3%81%8F) (adverb): "tearfully; with great regret; reluctantly"
  * [返す返す](http://jisho.org/word/%E8%BF%94%E3%81%99%E8%BF%94%E3%81%99) (adverb): "indeed; really; repeatedly"

Basically you cannot repeat arbitrary verbs (aside from rare exceptions in
poetry/lyrics, where verb reduplication is occasionally employed for metrical
purposes, e.g., 「本を読み読み」 = "reading a book").

You can use [`V + に + V` pattern to express doing something intensively and/or
repeatedly](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/24851/5010). This is a
generic pattern with which you can use almost any verb.
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