回す (まわす) : turn — JLPT N3

A word to remember

THE WORD · N3

回すまわす

turn

Verbe · Assistant · Group 1 verb

社長しゃちょうに電話でんわを回まわします。

I'll give you the president.

Example: Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Japanese: \N · French : Romira

Parts of speech

Group 1 verb (godan) · Transitive · Auxiliary verb

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

Verb group: Group 1 (godan)

Verb usage: freight forwarder

English dictionary meanings

to turn
to rotate
to spin
to twist
to gyrate
to pass around
to send around
to hand around
to circulate
to move (someone or something to where its needed)
to send
to bring
to transfer
to forward
to direct
to submit
to turn (to a new use)
to use (for something else)
to turn on (something that turns or has a rotating part, e.g. a washing machine)
to start up (e.g. an engine)
to give (something) a spin
to put (someone in a position)
to make (e.g. an enemy of)
to ... around (e.g. chase, fool, play)
to do all over
to do everywhere
to do completely
to surround (something) with
to enclose with
to put (an arm) around (e.g. someone's waist)
to reach around
to invest (money)
to lend
to dial (a telephone number)
to gang-rape
to operate (e.g. business, shop)

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A word to remember

回すまわす

Parts of speech

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