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回る まわる

  1. to revolve; to rotate; to spin; to turn
  2. to circle; to go around; to orbit; to revolve around
  3. to go around (several places); to make a tour of; to make the rounds (of); to patrol; to travel around
  4. to go by way of; to go via; to make a detour; to stop by (on the way); to take a roundabout route
  5. to come around; to go over (e.g. to the opposing side); to move around (to another place or position)
  6. to be passed around (of a cup, circular, etc.); to come around (of one's turn)
  7. to function; to work well
  8. to extend (to; e.g. of one's attention); to reach; to spread; to take effect (of alcohol, poison, etc.)
  9. to pass (a time); to turn (e.g. 5 o'clock)
  10. to earn interest
  11. to ... about; to ... around

回る もとおる

  1. to wander around

上回る うわまわる N1

  1. to be better than; to be more than; to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass

駆け回る かけまわる

  1. to bustle about; to run around

走り回る はしりまわる

  1. to run around

歩き回る あるきまわる

  1. to pace around; to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to wander

探し回る さがしまわる

  1. to hunt around for; to look everywhere for; to look high and low for; to search about for

飲み回る のみまわる

  1. to drink at a round of places; to go on a pub-crawl

下回る したまわる

  1. to be just under; to be less than; to be lower than; to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to fall just short of

呼び回る よびまわる

  1. to call out (for someone)
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