Vocab Info

N3 Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

回転(かいてん)rotation (usu. around something), revolution, turning

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    1. Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

      1.

      rotation, revolution, turn, spin

    2. Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

      2.

      working (e.g. of one's mind), function

    3. Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

      3.

      turnover (of goods, funds, etc.), circulation, flow (of customers)

    4. Noun, する-verb, Intransitive verb

      4.

      rotation, curl

      Mathematics
    5. Noun

      5.

      slalom

      Abbreviation, Skiing,

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    All Forms

    回転 【かいてん】廻転 【かいてん】

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    Examples

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      回転(かいてん)(しき)のテーブルを購入(こうにゅう)する。

      I'll buy a swiveling table.

      • N3

      このクラスで一番(いちばん)(あたま)回転(かいてん)(はや)いのは(だれ)ですか?

      Who is the quickest thinker in this class?

      • N3

      あなたは(ちゅう)(からだ)上下(じょうげ)(いっ)回転(かいてん)させる(こと)出来(でき)ますか?

      Can you do a front or back flip in the air?

      • N3

      (ちい)さい(ころ)(ちち)一緒(いっしょ)にボールに回転(かいてん)をかけて()げる練習(れんしゅう)をしたものだ。

      When I was little, my father and I practiced throwing a ball by spinning it.

      • N3

      (つばさ)回転(かいてん)する速度(そくど)(はや)すぎるので、まるで(つばさ)(えん)(えが)いているように()えます。

      The speed at which the wings rotate is so fast that it looks as if the wings are drawing a circle.

      • N2
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