回り – vocab dash

回まわり

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Meanings

Noun

1. rotation

2. making the rounds

3. spreading

4. effect; efficacy

Suffix

Noun

5. by way of; via

Suffix

Counter

6. round; turn

7. size

8. 12-year period; 12-year age difference

Other spellings

廻まわり

Kanji used

回going around

Kanji in other spellings

廻going around (old)

Pitch accent

まわり

Used in vocabulary

利り回まわり

interest; (investment) yield; profits

Noun

時計とけい回まわり

clockwise rotation; CW

Noun

一ひと回まわり

one round; one turn; a circuit (of); one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac

Noun

遠とお回まわり

detour; roundabout way

Noun

持もち回まわり

rotation (of a post, role, etc.); taking turns

Noun

立たち回まわり

fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

Noun

役やく回まわり

role; part; job; assignment

Noun

回まわり道みち

detour; circuitous route; diversion

Noun

小こ回まわり

tight turn; adaptability; flexibility; maneuverability

Noun

外そと回まわり

circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)

Noun

空から回まわり

racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless

Noun

先さき回まわり

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

Noun

Examples49

その町まちのまわりには高たかい城じょう壁へきがある。

There are high walls about the town.

君きみのまわりを見みなさい。

Look about you.

人ひと々びとが我われ々われの回まわりに集あつまった。

The people gathered about us.

先せん生せいは生せい徒とたちを自じ分ぶんのまわりに集あつめた。

The teacher gathered his students around him.

彼かれはまわりの人ひとに親しん切せつだ。

He is kind to those around him.

ボブはまわりの人ひとに親しん切せつだ。

Bob is kind to those around him.