頭が回る

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
頭 回
あたま
Grade: 2 		まわ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Literally, “the mind rotates”.

Pronunciation

Verb

頭(あたま)が回(まわ)る • (atama ga mawaru) godan (stem 頭(あたま)が回(まわ)り (atama ga mawari), past 頭(あたま)が回(まわ)った (atama ga mawatta))

  1. (chiefly in the negative) able to think straight

Conjugation

Conjugation of "頭が回る" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 頭が回ら あたまがまわら atama ga mawara
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 頭が回り あたまがまわり atama ga mawari
Shūshikei ("terminal") 頭が回る あたまがまわる atama ga mawaru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 頭が回る あたまがまわる atama ga mawaru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 頭が回れ あたまがまわれ atama ga maware
Meireikei ("imperative") 頭が回れ あたまがまわれ atama ga maware
Key constructions
Passive 頭が回られる あたまがまわられる atama ga mawarareru
Causative 頭が回らせる
頭が回らす 		あたまがまわらせる
あたまがまわらす 		atama ga mawaraseru
atama ga mawarasu
Potential 頭が回れる あたまがまわれる atama ga mawareru
Volitional 頭が回ろう あたまがまわろう atama ga mawarō
Negative 頭が回らない あたまがまわらない atama ga mawaranai
Negative continuative 頭が回らず あたまがまわらず atama ga mawarazu
Formal 頭が回ります あたまがまわります atama ga mawarimasu
Perfective 頭が回った あたまがまわった atama ga mawatta
Conjunctive 頭が回って あたまがまわって atama ga mawatte
Hypothetical conditional 頭が回れば あたまがまわれば atama ga mawareba

See also

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