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回る

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

回る — “to go around, to turn, to revolve”

回る (read まわる) means to go around, to turn, to revolve. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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まわる

Meaning

to go around, to turn, to revolve

回る in a sentence

町まちをぐるっと回りまわりました。

I went all around the town.

The kanji in 回る

回to go around; times/occurrences

Words that share a kanji with 回る

～回～かい— counter for occurrences (~ times)
回復かいふく— recovery, recuperation
今回こんかい— this time
回すまわす— to turn, to rotate, to spin
回数かいすう— number of times, frequency
回転かいてん— rotation, revolution, turning
回答かいとう— reply, answer, response
回数券かいすうけん— book of tickets, coupon ticket

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