根回し – vocab dash

根ね回まわし

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Meanings

Noun

Suru verb

Intransitive verb

1. laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process

2. digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

Kanji used

根root 回going around

Pitch accent

ねまわし

Composed of

根ね

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis; one's true nature; (fishing) reef

Noun

回まわし

mawashi; belt; loincloth; mantle; cape; gang rape

Noun

Examples1

大だい統とう領りょうは辞じ任にんする前まえにお金かねに困こまらないように根ね回まわしした。

The president made certain that he lined his pockets before he resigned.