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N1 Lesson 7: 16/17

捲（まく）る
like crazy, keep doing (without a second thought), nothing but, on and on, do … all around, to do a lot of, one after another, all over, keep, everything, constantly, all the time

まくる is also sometimes used as a noun, using Verb［ます］+ まくり + だ pattern

Structure
Verb［ます］(*) + まくる
Verb［て］+ Verb［て］+ Verb［ます］(*) + まくる

(*) Verb has to be volitional (can be controlled by the will of a doer)
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  • （A） まくる is an auxiliary used in casual language to emphasize that subject does something continuously for a long time, or very enthusiastically, often in a wild and reckless way. By extension, it also came to mean "everything" or "completely" in some contexts. The phrase can be used in both, positive and negative contexts.
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はやせとなおとは狂（くる）ったように踊（おど）って踊（おど）って踊（おど）りまくった。
Hayase and Naoto danced like crazy.
Repeating the verb in the てform is used for the additional emphasis.
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    • 「最近（さいきん）、チョコを食（た）べまくっているからちょっと太（ふと）った。」
    "I've been eating chocolate like crazy lately, so I've gained some weight."
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    • うざき「ゴールデンウィーク何（なん）か用事（ようじ）あるの？」
    さくらい 「せっかくだから毎日（まいにち）朝（あさ）から晩（ばん）までゲームをやりまくりたいんだ。」
    Uzaki: "Do you have plans for the golden week? "
    Sakurai: "It's a rare opportunity, so I want to play games every day like crazy, from dusk till dawn."
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    How to use まくる
    Maggie Sensei
    ～捲る
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    To repeat something with reckless abandon using 「まくる」
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