N3Verb

🏃Actions & Movement

巻くまく

maku

to wind, to coil, to roll

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Example sentence

彼は尻尾を巻いて逃げた。

He turned tail and ran.

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Kanji in 巻く

scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)

Sentences with 巻く

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Words with the same kanji

Word	JLPT	Reading	Meaning
～巻	N2	～かん	～かんvolume
取り巻く	N1	とりまく	とりまくto surround, to circle, to enclose

More Actions & Movement words

Word	Reading	Meaning
守る	まもる	まもるto protect; to abide (by the rules)
含む	ふくむ	ふくむto contain, to include
与える	あたえる	あたえるto give
殺す	ころす	ころすto kill
戦う	たたかう	たたかうto fight, to compete, to battle
超える	こえる	こえるto exceed, to surpass (a quantity, limit, or standard; e.g. 定員[ていいん]を超[こ]える)
当たる	あたる	あたるto hit, to strike; to come true; to win (a prize)
相変わらず	あいかわらず	あいかわらずas ever, as usual

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