Meaning of 空回り in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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空回り
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Kana Readingからまわり
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Romajikaramawari
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
- Meaning
- racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; fruitless effort
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Example Sentences
空回り, からまわり used in context
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Don't race the car. We want to make it go as far as possible.
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She tries so hard, but she's just spinning her wheels.
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The discussion produced a great deal of noise, but no forward motion.
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違反のスピードを出して、突っ走っていた車がブレーキをかけたが、空回りして、運転手があっとゆうまもなく、トラックの背後に、もろにぶつかった。
The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.
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Kanji found in this word
empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
On: クウ
Kun: そら, あ.く, あ.き, あ.ける, から, す.く, す.かす, むな.しい
8 strokes
-times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences
On: カイ, エ
Kun: 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
6 strokes
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