JLPT N2 Upper Intermediate
巻く
To wind, coil, roll up, or wrap around.
Readings
Other forms
巻きます polite form
巻いて te-form
巻いた past form
巻かない negative form
捲く less common kanji
1 Verb (Godan, Transitive)
To wrap, roll, or wind
To wrap something around a body or object, or to roll an item into a bundle.
Example
寒い ので 、 首 に マフラー を 巻きました 。
Since it was cold, I wrapped a scarf around my neck.
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2 Verb (Godan, Intransitive/Transitive)
To speed up or hurry
To speed up a process, accelerate a schedule, or finish a task ahead of time.
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3 Verb (Godan, Transitive)
To go around or outflank
To cause an object to move in a curved path or spiral trajectory, often by applying spin.
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