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Circling Taxi Driver 廻 カイ まわ.る まわ.す もとお.る

Kanji
Onyomi カイ
Kunyomi まわ.る, まわ.す, もとお.る, めぐ.る, めぐ.らす
Nanori ざこ, じゃく
English round, game, revolve, go around, circumference
JLPT Level 0
Jouyou Grade S+
Components 回: -times; round; game; revolve; counter for occurrences
廴: long stride or stretching radical (no. 54)
Traditional Form (none)
Keyword circling
Koohii Story 1 "A dishonest taxi driver is circling to increase the fare -- trying to stretch out the ride, going around the block many times."
Koohii Story 2 A taxi driver stretches out the time it takes to get to Times Square by circling around it (thanks mcfate).
RTK Index (new) 2896

Tags: jlpt.n0, shouldsuspend, grades+, jinmeiyou

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