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まく
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く, transitive)
1. to wind; to coil; to roll; to wear (e.g. turban, scarf)
Make sure to wind it properly around your arm.
2. to envelope; to shroud
usu. 巻かれる
I was engulfed by the flames and could not move.
3. to outflank; to skirt
4. to link (verse)
Verb (5-dan, く, intransitive)
5. to move ahead (three hours, etc.); to move up
We are short on time, so please speed things up a little.
Alt. forms
巻まく
93%
捲まく
3%
まく
2%
Pitch accent
ま
く
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Conjugations...Used in: 334
Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to surround; to encircle; to enclose; to fawn over (someone); to play up to; to curry favor with
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Examples (22 in total)
We were enveloped in fog and lost our way.
Make sure to wind it properly around your arm.
I was engulfed by the flames and could not move.
I wound my scarf round and round my neck.
We are short on time, so please speed things up a little.
Today's shoot is running an hour ahead of schedule.
Anxiety swirls in my chest.
The cat had a ribbon around its neck.
Once it's cooked, you roll it up again.
I was caught in a blizzard and could no longer see ahead.
Next, it swirls around.
But even if I voice my regret here, time will not turn back.
But, big brother, you have to apply medicine and wrap a new bandage.
Everyone has a towel wrapped around their neck, and preparations are complete.
Mary came out of the shower with a towel wrapped around her head.
The girl has a scarf around her neck.
Going along with those in power is sometimes a wise way to live.
He has bandages on his head and on various other parts of his body.
As a finishing touch, he even tied a ribbon around my neck.
The nurse gently put a bandage around my head.
Wrapping a green onion around your neck when you have a cold is old folk wisdom.
It is true that if you keep wrapping the bandage on indefinitely, the healing of the wound will be slow.