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回る

ma-wa-ru

When a job comes around to you, it really went around

The picture Something turns around a center. Turning touches place after place, and one full turn brings it back to you.

Core verbs

Where the picture shows up in 回る

  1. Turning in place

    洗濯機がまだ回っています。

    sentakuki ga mada mawatte imasu

    The washing machine is still running.

  2. Going round from place to place

    今日は三つの店を回ります

    kyō wa mittsu no mise o mawari-masu

    Today I am doing the rounds of three shops.

  3. Spreading through the body

    お酒が回ってきました。

    o-sake ga mawatte kimashita

    The drink is starting to hit me.

    The sake travels a full circuit of the body until it reaches your fingertips.

  4. The turn comes round to me

    その仕事は私に回ってきました。

    sono shigoto wa watashi ni mawatte kimashita

    That job came round to me.

  5. The world spins in front of you

    目が回るほど忙しいです。

    me ga mawaru hodo isogashii desu

    I am so busy my head is spinning.

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