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Zach

一回り

ひと回り

Reading

Kana: ひとまわり
Romaji: hitomawari
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

one turn; one round

2

(a) size

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3

to go around; to make a circuit; to take a turn

4

twelve years; one cycle of the Chinese zodiac

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: カイ、 エ、 まわ.る、 -まわ.る、 -まわ.り、 まわ.す、 -まわ.す、 まわ.し-、 -まわ.し、 もとお.る、 か.える
Meanings: -times, round, game, revolve, counter for occurrences

Example Sentences

女房(にょうぼう)店員(てんいん)さんより(いち)(まわ)(ちい)さい()だ。
➥My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.
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ある()(かれ)(まち)一回(ひとまわ)りする(なが)散歩(さんぽ)()かけた。
➥One day he set off on a long walk around the town.
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