Conjugation
Tap for 回る (turn)
Tap for 回す (spin)
- 回 — times (counter); a round
- 回転 — rotation; spinning
- 一回 — one time
- 回収 — collection; retrieval; recovery
- 回線 — (communication) line; circuit
- 回答 — answer; response
- 回路 — (electrical) circuit
- 挽回 — recovery; redemption; making up for
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
- 走り回る — run around
- 歩き回る — walk around
- 飛び回る — fly around; flit about
- 泳ぎ回る — swim around
- 探し回る — search everywhere
- 見て回る — look around; visit places
- 聞いて回る — ask around
- 使い回す — reuse; use repeatedly
- 言い回す — say repeatedly; rephrase again and again
- 振り回す — swing around; push around; manipulate
回 shows something “enclosed and going around” — like movement inside a loop. It appears in everyday counting (一回 “one time”), physical rotation (回転), and many compound verbs that mean “go around doing something” (探し回る, 見て回る) or “use/turn something repeatedly” (使い回す).