時計回り

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
時	計	回
と Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2	まわ Grade: 2
irregular		kun'yomi

Etymology

From 時(と)計(けい) (tokei, “clock”) + 回(まわ)り (mawari, “to rotate”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とけーまわり (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Noun

時(と)計(けい)回(まわ)り • (tokeimawari) ^{←とけいまはり (tokeimafari)^?}

clockwise movement

Synonyms

右(みぎ)回(まわ)り (migimawari)

Antonyms

反(はん)時(と)計(けい)回(まわ)り (hantokeimawari, “anticlockwise”)

References

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

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