回
kai
One turn around is one 回
The picture The same action swinging all the way around and back to where it started. Each loop clicks the counter up by one.
Where the picture shows up in 回
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the loop you repeat
週に三回ジムに行っています。
shū ni sankai jimu ni itte imasu
I go to the gym three times a week.
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one more loop
すみません、もう一回言ってください。
sumimasen, mō ikkai itte kudasai
Sorry, could you say that once more?
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the prescribed number of loops
この薬は一日三回飲んでください。
kono kusuri wa ichinichi sankai nonde kudasai
Take this medicine three times a day.
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the loop that comes around
会議は月に二回あります。
kaigi wa tsuki ni nikai arimasu
We have a meeting twice a month.
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this time around
今回は私が払います。
konkai wa watashi ga haraimasu
This one's on me.
The sound shifts: 一回 ikkai, 六回 rokkai, 十回 jukkai.