Japanese Dictionary
Meaning of 回す in Japanese
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回す, 廻すJLPT 3
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Kana Readingまわす
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Romajimawasu
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `su' ending, transitive verb
- Meaning
- to turn; to rotate; to gyrate
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to circulate; to send around
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to surround
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers)
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- Parts of speech
- suffix, Godan verb with `su' ending
- Meaning
- (after the -masu stem of a verb) ... around (i.e. to chase someone around)
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to dial (e.g. telephone number)
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `su' ending
- Meaning
- to invest
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- to gang-rape
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Examples of 回す, 廻す, まわす in a sentence
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He can pull strings for you.
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I turned the doorknob.
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When I turned the screw, water burst out.
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When I turned the screw, water burst out.
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She turned the doorknob slowly.
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He put his arm around her waist.
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 回す
- Plain Polite
- 回します
- Negative
- 回さない
- Negative Polite
- 回しません
Past
- Plain
- 回した
- Plain Polite
- 回しました
- Negative
- 回さなかった
- Negative Polite
- 回しませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 回して
- Plain Polite
- 回しまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 回される
- Plain Polite
- 回されます
- Negative
- 回されない
- Negative Polite
- 回されません
Related Kanji
回
JLPT 4
6 strokes
-times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences
On'Yomi: カイ, エ
Kun'Yomi: まわ.る, -まわ.る, -まわ.り, まわ.す, -まわ.す, まわ.し-, -まわ.し, もとお.る, か.える
廻
9 strokes
round, game, revolve, go around, circumference
On'Yomi: カイ, エ
Kun'Yomi: まわ.る, まわ.す, もとお.る, めぐ.る, めぐ.らす