回す
まわす · mawasu
To turn, to rotate, to spin, to twist, to gyrate
- to pass around, to send around, to hand around, to circulate
- to move (someone or something to where its needed), to send, to bring, to transfer, to forward, to direct, to submit
- to turn (to a new use), to use (for something else)
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ペダルを回すと、チェーンも動く。
ぺだるをまわすと、ちぇーんもうごく。
When you turn the pedal, the chain moves too.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 回しますまわします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 回しませんまわしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 回しましたまわしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 回しませんでしたまわしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 回しましょうまわしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 回しまわし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 回したいまわしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 回しながらまわしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 回してまわして |
| Plain past (た形) | 回したまわした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 回したらまわしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 回しているまわしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 回さないまわさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 回さなかったまわさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 回さなくてまわさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 回せるまわせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 回せばまわせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 回せまわせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 回そうまわそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 回されるまわされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 回させるまわさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 回させられるまわさせられる |
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What does 回す mean?
To turn, to rotate, to spin, to twist, to gyrate. It can also mean: to pass around, to send around, to hand around, to circulate; to move (someone or something to where its needed), to send, to bring, to transfer, to forward, to direct, to submit; to turn (to a new use), to use (for something else).
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まわす (mawasu). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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