繰(く)る

雨戸(あまど)を繰(く)って移動(いどう)させる。

Move by opening the shutters one-by-one. {to reel, to wind, to spin (thread), to turn (pages), to flip through (a book), to leaf through (a book), to consult (a dictionary), to refer to (an encyclopedia), to count (e.g. the days), to open one-by-one, to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)}

工場(こうじょう)の職員(しょくいん)が繭(まゆ)から糸(いと)を繰(く)っています。

The factory staff is reeling thread from cocoons. {to reel, to wind, to spin (thread), to turn (pages), to flip through (a book), to leaf through (a book), to consult (a dictionary), to refer to (an encyclopedia), to count (e.g. the days), to open one-by-one, to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)}

釣(つ)り人(びと)は目印(めじるし)が沈(しず)んだ途端(とたん)に素早(すばや)く釣(つ)り糸(いと)を繰(く)り始(はじ)めた。

The fisherman quickly started to reel in the fishing line as soon as the marker sank. {to reel, to wind, to spin (thread), to turn (pages), to flip through (a book), to leaf through (a book), to consult (a dictionary), to refer to (an encyclopedia), to count (e.g. the days), to open one-by-one, to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)}

電話(でんわ)帳(ちょう)をパラパラと繰(く)って近所(きんじょ)のお寿司(すし)屋(や)さんの電話(でんわ)番号(ばんごう)を探(さが)しました。

I flipped through the phone book to find the phone number of the local sushi restaurant. {to reel, to wind, to spin (thread), to turn (pages), to flip through (a book), to leaf through (a book), to consult (a dictionary), to refer to (an encyclopedia), to count (e.g. the days), to open one-by-one, to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)}

日(ひ)を繰(く)ってみたら、今年(ことし)が始(はじ)まってからもう半年(はんとし)も経(た)っていた事(こと)に気(き)がついた。

When I counted the days, I realized that already half a year had passed since the start of this year. {to reel, to wind, to spin (thread), to turn (pages), to flip through (a book), to leaf through (a book), to consult (a dictionary), to refer to (an encyclopedia), to count (e.g. the days), to open one-by-one, to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)}