巻

Meaning

巻 centers on the idea of rolling or winding something into a cylindrical form, which naturally extends to scrolls, books, and volumes as rolled-up texts, and to parts or chapters as sections of a rolled scroll.

• 巻まき
  N1

  roll (e.g. of cloth)

• 巻くまく
  N3

  to wind; to coil; to roll; to wear (e.g. turban, scarf)

• 全巻ぜんかん

  complete set (of volumes); every volume

• 竜巻たつまき
  N1

  tornado; whirlwind; waterspout; twister

• 巻き込むまきこむ
  N1

  to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up

• 圧巻あっかん
  N1

  highlight; best part

• 巻頭かんとう

  beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page

• 巻き添えまきぞえ
  N1

  getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

• 巻き上げまきあげ

  lifting; hoisting; furling; winding

• 取り巻くとりまく
  N1

  to surround; to encircle; to enclose

• 巻き込みまきこみ

  makikomi (judo throw)

• 巻末かんまつ

  end of a book

• 取り巻きとりまき

  followers; hangers-on

• 葉巻はまき

  cigar

• 渦巻くうずまく

  to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to curl (of smoke)

• 席巻せっけん

  sweeping (over, across); conquering; overwhelming

• 巻物まきもの

  makimono; handscroll; rolled book

• 絵巻えまき

  picture scroll

• 下巻げかん

  second volume (in a two-volume set); third volume (in a three-volume set); last volume

• 巻き返しまきかえし

  rally; recovery; comeback; rollback

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