回る

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Japanese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Kanji in this term
まわ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
廻る

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *maparu. Possibly related to () (mau).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "回る"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
回る わる [màwárú]
Imperative (命令形) 回れ われ [màwáré]
Key constructions
Passive 回られる わられる [màwárárérú]
Causative 回らせる わらせる [màwárásérú]
Potential 回れる われる [màwárérú]
Volitional 回ろう わろ [màwáróꜜò]
Negative 回らない わらない [màwáránáí]
Negative perfective 回らなかった わらなかった [màwáránáꜜkàttà]
Formal 回ります わりま [màwárímáꜜsù]
Perfective 回った わった [màwáttá]
Conjunctive 回って わって [màwátté]
Hypothetical conditional 回れば われ [màwáréꜜbà]

Verb[edit]

(まわ) (mawaruまはる (mafaru)?intransitive godan (stem (まわ) (mawari), past (まわ)った (mawatta))

Japanese verb pair
active (まわ) ((まわ))
mediopassive (まわ) ((まわ))
  1. to turn; to revolve; to spin
    ぐるぐる(まわ)
    guruguru mawaru
    to spin round and round
  2. to circulate
  3. to go around
  4. to return
  5. to prevail
  6. (of a camera) to roll
    カメラ(まわ)っている
    Kamera ga mawatte iru.
    The cameras are rolling.
  7. to come around to (a point of view)
Conjugation[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Kanji in this term
めぐ
Grade: 2
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 回る – see the following entry.
めぐ
[verb] go around, travel around
[verb] circle, surround
[verb] return, repeat
[verb] concern (usually in the form of + めぐる or めぐって)
Alternative spelling
廻る
(This term, 回る, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN