回る

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Japanese

Etymology 1

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

  • 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
Imperative (命令形) 回れ われ
Key constructions
Passive 回られる わられる
Causative 回らせる わらせる
Potential 回れる われる
Volitional 回ろう わろ
Negative 回らない わらない
Negative perfective 回らなかった わらなかった
Formal 回ります わりま
Perfective 回った わった
Conjunctive 回って わって
Hypothetical conditional 回れば われ

Verb

(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)
mediopassive (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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
めぐ
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 回る – see the following entry.
めぐ
go around, travel around
circle, surround
return, repeat
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

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