まわ
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to turn; to revolve
2. to visit several places
3. to function well
4. to pass a certain time
Kanji used
going around
Pitch accent
わる
Top 1000
Used in vocabulary (58 in total)
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
Examples (21 in total)
The poison spread through his whole body.
The top part is turning clockwise.
The earth moves around the sun.
Planets move around a fixed star.
The orbit around Sirius is elliptical.
The rocket is in orbit around the moon.
Is there a protector on the part that is spinning?
We got behind the car and pushed.
The world doesn't revolve around you.
He traveled about the world.
The moon goes round the earth once a month.
I want to travel around Australia by car.
The skater spun around like a top.
He came a little after noon.
We have walked all around the lake.
They searched here and there looking for survivors.
How many satellites have been put into orbit round the earth?
Copernicus taught that the earth moves around the sun.
Almost all of Tom's money goes to supporting his family.
Can you go around the world in a day?
After I graduated from college, I spent two years traveling around the world.