"くるくる" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [kɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝkɯ̟ᵝɾɯ̟ᵝ] Audio: Ja-Kurukuru.oga Forms: くるくる [canonical], クルクル [canonical], kurukuru [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|クルクル}} くるくる or クルクル • (kurukuru)
  1. (onomatopoeia) spinning Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-くるくる-ja-adv-yRlUP~~K Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias
  2. (onomatopoeia) wrapping around Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-くるくる-ja-adv-fRVJTjY~ Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias
  3. (onomatopoeia) tirelessly working Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-くるくる-ja-adv-aNtE1eGy Categories (other): Japanese onomatopoeias, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 12 8 80 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 12 7 82 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 12 7 81 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 11 74 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 11 6 82

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for くるくる meaning in Japanese (2.5kB)

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