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回り

Pronunciation: [ma̠β̞a̠ɾʲi]

“回り” is a Japanese word. Its 18 meanings in English:

noun

  1. 回り, 廻り: rotation, circulation; function
  2. 周り: circumference, perimeter, edge
  3. 周り: surroundings
  4. 回り, 廻り: round, regular visit
  5. 回り, 廻り: transport route
  6. 回り, 廻り: detour
  7. 回り, 廻り: spreading, extending further
  8. side dish
  9. relating to something else
  10. circulation, rotation
  11. surroundings
  12. jess

suffix

  1. a little, a bit
  2. circumference, perimeter
  3. via, by way of a place
  4. the round of something or someone
  5. duodecennium, a period of twelve years, referring to the twelve zodiac animals that can be someone's birth year
  6. unit of size in clothing

Etymology

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 回(まわ)る (mawaru, “to turn, spin”).

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