かき回す – Vocabulary details

かき回まわす

Meanings

Verb (5-dan, す, transitive)

1. to stir; to churn; to poke (a fire); to disturb (water)

スプーンでコーヒーをかき回まわした。I stirred my coffee with a spoon.

2. to rummage around

彼かれはなにやら冷れい蔵ぞう庫この中なかをかき回まわしている。He's rummaging around in the fridge for something.

3. to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos; to disturb

適てき当とうなことを言いって場ばをかき回まわすな。Don't throw everyone into confusion by saying random things.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

回

going around

Pitch accent

か

きまわす

か

きまわ

す

Conjugations...Used in: 1127

Composed of

かき

stroke (swimming); arm stroke; adds strength or emphasis to verbs

回まわす

to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)

Used in vocabulary (2 in total)

引ひっかき回まわす

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

ひっかき回まわす

to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset

Examples (4 in total)

スプーンでコーヒーをかき回まわした。

I stirred my coffee with a spoon.

適てき当とうなことを言いって場ばをかき回まわすな。

Don't throw everyone into confusion by saying random things.

彼かれはなにやら冷れい蔵ぞう庫この中なかをかき回まわしている。

He's rummaging around in the fridge for something.

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