回る
まわる · mawaru
To turn, to rotate, to revolve, to spin
- to go around, to circle, to revolve around, to orbit
- to make the rounds (of), to go around (several places), to travel around, to make a tour of, to patrol
- to go by way of, to go via, to stop by (on the way), to take a roundabout route, to make a detour
- to wander around
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Example sentences
友達と京都を回る予定です。
ともだちときょうとをまわるよていです。
I plan to go around Kyoto with a friend.
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手荷物受取所で、スーツケースが回転台を回るのを待っている。
てにもつうけとりじょで、すーつけーすがかいてんだいをまわるのをまっている。
At the baggage claim, I am waiting for my suitcase to come around on the carousel.
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 回りますまわります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 回りませんまわりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 回りましたまわりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 回りませんでしたまわりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 回りましょうまわりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 回りまわり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 回りたいまわりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 回りながらまわりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 回ってまわって |
| Plain past (た形) | 回ったまわった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 回ったらまわったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 回っているまわっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 回らないまわらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 回らなかったまわらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 回らなくてまわらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 回れるまわれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 回ればまわれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 回れまわれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 回ろうまわろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 回られるまわられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 回らせるまわらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 回らされるまわらされる |
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What does 回る mean?
To turn, to rotate, to revolve, to spin. It can also mean: to go around, to circle, to revolve around, to orbit; to make the rounds (of), to go around (several places), to travel around, to make a tour of, to patrol; to go by way of, to go via, to stop by (on the way), to take a roundabout route, to make a detour.
How do you pronounce 回る?
まわる (mawaru). Pitch accent: heiban — flat. Press Listen above to hear it.
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