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JLPTN4
回る☆【まわるmawaru】廻る☆ Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to turn; to revolve ➜ ぐるぐる
  • to visit several places
  • to function well
  • to pass a certain time

このkonoハンドルHANDORUはhaどうしてもdoushitemo回らないmawaranai。 This handle will not turn.

「何naniをwoさしあげsashiageましょうmashouかka」「いやiya、けっこうkekkou。ただtada見てmite回っているmawatteiruだけdakeだからdakara」 "Can I help you?" "No, thank you. I'm just looking around."

あの人anohitoがgaいないinaiとto我が社wagashaはha回ってmawatteいかないikanai。 Without him our company would cease to function.

お昼ohiruをwo少しsukoshi回ったmawatta時tokiにni彼kareがga来たkita。 He came a little after noon.

JLPTN3
回す☆【まわすmawasu】廻す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to turn; to rotate; to gyrate
  • to circulate; to send around
  • to surround
  • to put something to a new use (e.g. leftovers)

suffix / godan ~す verb:

  • ... around (e.g. to chase someone around) - after the -masu stem of a verb
  • to dial (e.g. telephone number)

godan ~す verb:

僕bokuがgaネジNEJIをwo回すmawasuとto水mizuがga吹き出してfukidashiteきたkita。 When I turned the screw, water burst out.

彼kareはha塩shioをwo彼kareにni回すmawasuようyouにni、私watashiにni頼んtanonだda。 He asked me to pass him the salt.

JLPTN1
転じる☆【てんじるtenjiru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
転ずる☆【てんずるtenzuru】 Inflection

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / intransitive verb:

  • to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
振り向ける【ふりむけるfurimukeru】振向ける Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to turn (around)
  • to appropriate; to set aside for a purpose

企業kigyouはha規模kiboをwo縮小shukushouしshi、研究開発kenkyuukaihatsuにniふりむけるfurimukeru利益rieki分bunもmo減らしていますherashiteimasu。 Corporations are downsizing and reducing the amount of profits they put back into R&D.

身をよじる【みをよじるmiwoyojiru】身を捩る Inflection

expression / godan ~る verb:

  • to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
投げかける【なげかけるnagekakeru】投げ掛ける☆ Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to throw at; to turn; to raise

それsoreはha壁kabeにni神秘的なshinpitekina影kageをwo投げかけるnagekakeru。 It casts mysterious shadows on the wall.

JLPTN2
ひねるhineru☆《捻る・拈る・撚る》 Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to twist; to wrench; to turn (a switch on or off, etc.); to wring (a neck)
  • to puzzle over
  • to defeat easily

私watashiはha石ishiにniつまずいてtsumazuite、足首ashikubiをwoひねってhinetteしまったshimatta。 I tripped on a stone, twisting my ankle.

こねくり回す【こねくりまわすkonekurimawasu】捏ねくり回す Inflection

godan ~す verb:

  • to knead; to turn
JLPTN4
変える☆【かえるkaeru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to change; to alter; to transform; to convert; to turn; to vary
  • to reform; to revise; to amend

世界sekaiをwo変えるkaeruのnoはha情報jouhouでdeはhaなくnakuコミュニケーションKOMYUNIKEESHONだda。 What changes the world is communication, not information.

JLPTN5
するsuru☆《為る》 Inflection

~する verb (irregular):

  • to do; to carry out; to perform
  • to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
  • to serve as; to act as; to work as
  • to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
  • to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as - as 〜にする,〜とする
  • to decide on; to choose - as 〜にする

~する verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

  • to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.) - as 〜がする
  • to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
  • to be worth; to cost
  • to pass (of time); to elapse

~する verb (irregular) / transitive:

  • to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B - as AをBにする
  • to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B - as AをBにする
  • to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B - as AをBにする
  • to feel A about B - as AをBにする

suffix / ~する verb (irregular):

  • verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")

auxiliary verb / ~する verb (irregular):

  • creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go") ➜ お願いします・御
  • to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to - as 〜うとする,〜ようとする ➜ とする

「これkore以上ijou何もnanimo言うiuことkotoはhaありませんarimasen、いいわけiiwakeをwoするsuruのnoはhaいやiyaですからdesukara」とto彼kareはha言ったitta。 He said, "I will say nothing more, because I hate making excuses."

それらsoreraはhaあなたanataをwo暖かくatatakakuするsuruのにnoni役立つyakudatsuでしょうdeshou。 They will help you to get warm.

頭痛zutsuuをwo言い訳iiwakeにniしてshite、彼kareはha早くhayaku帰ったkaetta。 He used a headache as an excuse for leaving early.

そんなsonnaにが虫を噛みつぶしたようnigamushiwokamitsubushitayouなna顔kaoをwoするsuruなnaよyo。 Don't make such a sour face.

結構kekkouですdesu。それsoreにniしshiましょうmashou。 All right. I'll take it.

このkonoスープSUUPUはhaいやなiyanaにおいnioiがgaするsuru。腐っているkusatteiruでしょうdeshou？ This soup smells horrible. Do you think it's gone off?

それsoreはha１万円ぐらいguraiするsuruだろうdarou。 It'll cost about 10,000 yen.

彼kareはha三日したらshitara出発するshuppatsusuru。 He is leaving in three days.

何時くらいkuraiまでならmadenara電話denwaしshiてもいいtemoiiですかdesuka。 How late can I ring?

前髪maegamiがga、おでこodekoにniかからないkakaranaiようにyouni髪を上げるkamiwoageruことkotoをwoおすすめosusumeしますshimasu。 I recommend putting up your hair so your fringe doesn't get on your forehead.

列車resshaはha出発shuppatsuしようshiyouとしていたtoshiteita。 The train was about to leave.

JLPTN5
やるyaru☆《遣る・行る》 Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study - colloquialism ➜ 為る【する】
  • to send; to dispatch; to despatch
  • to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.)
  • to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer
  • to make (a vehicle) go faster
  • to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise
  • to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke
  • to hold (a performance); to perform; to show ➜ 演る
  • to ease (one's mind)
  • to harm; to injure; to kill - colloquialism ➜ 殺る
  • to have sex with - slang ➜ 犯る

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

suffix / godan ~る verb:

  • to do ... completely - after the -masu stem of a verb, often in the negative
  • to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance - after the -masu stem of a verb

auxiliary verb / godan ~る verb:

  • to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance) - after the -te form of a verb
  • to make active efforts to ... - after the -te form of a verb

じゃあjaa２人乗り２ninnoriをwo許してyurushiteやるyaruからkaraお前omae漕げkoge、俺oreがga荷台nidaiにni乗るnoruからkara。 Well then I'll allow two on a bike, but you pedal, because I'll ride on the rack.

５ドルDORUをwoやるyaru。 I'll give you five dollars.

全てsubeteをwo捨ててsuteteこのkonoレストランRESUTORANをwoやるyaru目的mokutekiはhaひとつhitotsuだけdakeでしたdeshita。 I had only one aim in throwing everything away to run this restaurant.

無関係のmukankeino人hitoをwo殺るyaruなna！ Don't kill off bystanders!

繰る☆【くるkuru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / transitive:

  • to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
  • to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
  • to count (e.g. the days)
  • to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
巡らす【めぐらすmegurasu】 Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to enclose (with); to surround (with); to encircle
  • to turn (one's head, heel, etc.)
  • to think over; to work out
  • to notify (orally or in writing) - archaism
JLPTN5
曲がる☆【まがるmagaru】曲る Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

彼女kanojoがga角kakuをwo曲がるmagaruときtoki私watashiはha彼女kanojoをwo見かけたmikaketa。 I caught sight of her as she turned the corner.

JLPTN4
折れる☆【おれるoreru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to break; to be broken; to snap; to fracture
  • to be folded
  • to give in; to back down; to yield; to submit
  • to turn (a corner) ➜ 曲がる

本当にhontouni骨honeのno折れるoreru仕事shigotoだったdatta。 It was real hard work.

折れるoreruよりyori曲がれmagare。 Better bend than break.

JLPTN5
つけるtsukeru☆《点ける》 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

学生gakuseiはha音楽ongakuをwoかけkakeながらnagara勉強benkyouをwoするsuruことkotoがga多いooiしshi、家ieのno中nakaでde仕事shigotoをwoしているshiteiru人hitoはha孤独kodokuにならぬninaranuようにyouniテレビTEREBIやyaラジオRAJIOをwoつけるtsukeruのnoがga普通futsuuであるdearu。 Students often study with music playing in the background, and people working around the house will usually turn on the television or radio to keep them company.

JLPTN4
戻る☆【もどるmodoru】 Inflection

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

  • to turn back (e.g. half-way)
  • to return; to go back
  • to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned
  • to rebound; to spring back

買い物kaimonoにni行かikaなけれnakereばbaならnaraないnai。一時間jikanでde戻るmodoruよyo。 I have to go shopping. I'll be back in an hour.

私達watashitachiのno時代jidaiにni戻るmodoruにはnihaどうやったらいいdouyattaraiiのno？ In order to return to our era, what should we do?

JLPTN3
向く☆【むくmuku】 Inflection

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

  • to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.)
  • to face (e.g. east); to look out on
  • to point to
  • to be suited to; to be fit for
  • to go in the direction of; to lean towards (of a feeling)

北kitaをwo向くmukuとto、東higashiはha右側migigawaになるninaru。 If you face north, the east is on your right.

足ashiのno向くmukuままmamaにni歩いたaruita。 We let our legs do the leading.

JLPTN3
向ける☆【むけるmukeru】 Inflection

ichidan verb / transitive:

  • to turn towards; to point

一子kazukoちゃんchanはha同じ穴のムジナonajiananoMUJINAかka、同輩douhaiのno親しみshitashimiをwo込めたkometa笑みemiをwo俺oreにni向けるmukeru。 I guess Ichiko is a fellow rule-breaker, she's sending me a smile filled with affection for a comrade.

JLPTN2
裏返す☆【うらがえすuragaesu】 Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over
JLPTN2
引き返す☆【ひきかえすhikikaesu】引返す☆・引きかえす Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

いまima引き返すhikikaesuことkotoはha、おそosoすぎるsugiru。 It's too late to turn back now.

JLPTN2
それるsoreru☆《逸れる》 Inflection

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

  • to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to swerve from; to miss (e.g. a target)
  • to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to to go astray; to wander

自爆テロjibakuTERO犯hanはhaベナジル・ブットBENAJIRU/BUTTO元首相motoshushouにni向けてmukete発砲happouしたshitaがga、弾tamaはhaそれたsoreta。 The suicide bomber fired towards former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, but missed.

JLPTN2
ひっくり返す【ひっくりかえすhikkurikaesu・ひっくりがえすhikkurigaesu】引っくり返す・引っ繰り返す・引繰り返すirr. Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out
  • to knock over; to tip over
  • to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse

ネコNEKOがgaひっくり返すhikkurikaesuとtoいけないikenaiからkara、ビンBINにni栓senをwoしshiなさいnasai。 Put the cap back on the bottle in case the cat knocks it over.

JLPTN1
折り返す☆【おりかえすorikaesu】折返す Inflection

godan ~す verb / transitive:

  • to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page)
  • to turn back; to double back; to return
  • to loopback (a signal, message, etc.) - IT term
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Kanji

繰

ソウSOU・くるku.ru

winding; reel; spin; turn (pages); look up; refer to

帀

ソウSOU・めぐるmegu.ru・めぐらすmegu.rasu

to go round; to make a circuit; to make a revolution; to turn round


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