winding, reel, spin, turn (pages), look up, refer to

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Common Words

繰り返すりかえすIntransitiveTransitiveGodan verbFreq #827
1

to repeat; to do over again

Examples
「いいえ」とイギリス人は繰り返しました
"No," repeated the Englishman.
繰り出す繰出すりだGodan verbFreq #4630
1

Transitive verb

to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope)

2

Intransitive verb

to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to flock; to sally forth

Examples
サーカスを見にみんなくりだした
Everyone turned out for the circus.
3

Transitive verb

to send out one after another; to dispatch

4

Transitive verb

to lunge (a spear); to unleash (a punch)

繰り広げる繰広げるりひろげTransitiveIchidan verbFreq #5107
1

to unfold; to unroll; to open

Examples
目の前で繰り広げられるやり取りは、俺が入り込む隙なんて一ミリもない。
The exchange unfolding in front of my eyes had not a single millimetre of a gap in which for me to slip.
ひっくり返すっくりかえすひっくりがえす引っ繰り返すTransitiveGodan verbFreq #6190
1

to turn over; to turn upside down; to turn up; to turn inside out; to turn out

Examples
彼はテーブルをひっくり返した
He turned the table upside down.
2

to knock over; to tip over

3

to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset; to reverse

繰り返しくり返し繰返しりかえしNounFreq #6750
1

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

repetition; repeat; reiteration; iteration; refrain; cycle

Examples
言葉の学習には繰り返しが必要です。
Repetition plays an important role in language study.
2

Adverb (fukushi)

repeatedly

Examples
電話は繰り返し鳴っていた。
The telephone rang repeatedly.
ひっくり返る引っくり返る引っ繰り返る引繰り返るっくりかえるひっくりがえるIntransitiveGodan verbFreq #7290
1

to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to capsize

Examples
彼は体の平衡を失って、ひっくり返った
He lost his balance and fell down.
2

to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over; to lie on one's back

繰るTransitiveGodan verbFreq #15253
1

to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)

2

to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)

3

to count (e.g. the days)

Examples
それがいつだったか日を繰って確かめた。
I counted the days to see when it had happened.
4

to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)

ったく引ったくる引っ手繰るTransitiveUsually kanaGodan verbFreq #18790
1

to snatch (from someone); to tear (away); to steal

Examples
少年が自転車に乗って通りすがりに私のハンドバッグをひったくった
A boy snatched my purse as he rode by on his bicycle.
らくりカラクリ絡繰り絡繰機関NounUsually kanaFreq #19898
1

mechanism; machinery; contrivance; device

2

trick; dodge

3

Abbreviation

mechanical doll; string puppet

勘ぐる勘繰るんぐTransitiveGodan verbFreq #22099
1

to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)

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