Keyword
swirl
Info
FrequencyTop 1600-1700
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig1125
Readings
せん
(81%)
つじ
(9%)
Composed of
way
cow head
small animal (archaic)
Used in vocabulary (94 in total)
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
spiral; helix; screw
melody; tune
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
triumphant return; returning in triumph
helical; spiral-shaped
sharp turn; tight turn; steep turn
(acting as an) intermediate; mediation; employment office (Edo period)
arch of triumph; triumphal arch
double helix (structure of DNA)
revolution; gyration; whirling; rotation
hair whorl
tonfa (traditional Okinawan weapon similar to a nightstick)
rotation; revolution; convolution
traditional Japanese poem with six verses in a 5-7-7-5-7-7 moraic pattern
broker; employment agency
(gun barrel) rifling
returning victorious army
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
gyrating (rotating) movement
performance given after a successful tour abroad
job placement; employment assistance
rifling marks on a fired bullet
superhelix; supercoil
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
great sensation; taking something by storm; making a splash
giant stride (e.g. in amusement park)
Trichinella spiralis; pork worm
broker; middleman; employment agency
brokerage; commission agency
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
levorotatory; laevorotatory
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
mediator; intermediary; agent; broker; middleman
brokerage; commission
perversity; cantankerous; eccentric
vertical turning lathe; VTL
optical rotation
(angle of) optical rotation
mediation plan; settlement proposal
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do, i.e. the Dorian mode)
turning (on a lathe)
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode
Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do) similar to Dorian mode
hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)
anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)
cantus firmus; plainsong; plainchant
mediated marketing; mediated sales
trichinosis; trichinelliasis; trichinella infection
mediator; conciliator
contorted; convoluted
internal rotation; endorotaion; rotating upper arm or leg inwards towards the body; involution
(angle of) optical rotation
spiral; helicoid; helix
Examples (1 in total)
The hawk circled round in the sky.