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こね回す · godan verb (-su)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	こね回まわす	こね回まわさない
Polite	こね回まわします	こね回まわしません
Past polite	こね回まわしました	こね回まわしませんでした
Past	こね回まわした	こね回まわさなかった
Te-form	こね回まわして	こね回まわさないで
Desire	こね回まわしたい	こね回まわしたくない
Potential	こね回まわせる	こね回まわせない
Passive	こね回まわされる	こね回まわされない
Causative	こね回まわさせる	こね回まわさせない
Causative passive	こね回まわさせられる	こね回まわさせられない
Volitional	こね回まわそう
Polite volitional	こね回まわしましょう
Imperative	こね回まわせ	こね回まわすな
Conditional	こね回まわせば	こね回まわさなければ
Tara conditional	こね回まわしたら	こね回まわさなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

knead thoroughly; mix by kneading

Literally, to knead something with one's hands repeatedly or thoroughly. Often used figuratively to mean overthinking or complicating a matter, similar to 'turning something over and over in one's mind' or 'making a mess of an issue'.

パン生き地じを十じゅう分ぶんにこね回まわす。
Knead the bread dough thoroughly.
彼かれはその問もん題だいを頭あたまの中なかでこね回まわして、かえって混こん乱らんさせた。
He kept turning the problem over in his mind and ended up making it more confusing.

Kanji

回-times, round, game
捏knead, mix

Related words

こねる
こねる is the base verb meaning 'to knead'. こね回す adds the nuance of doing it repeatedly, thoroughly, or excessively, and is more likely to be used figuratively.

Written forms

こね回まわすUsage52%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling; the most common written form.
こねまわすUsage37%
捏こね回まわすUsage11%
Rare kanji spelling using 捏; may not be recognized by all readers.
捏こね回まわす
Even rarer abbreviated kanji spelling; likely to cause reading difficulty.

Etymology

Compound of こねる (knead) and 回す (turn, revolve), literally 'to knead around'. The figurative sense likely developed from the idea of repeatedly handling or manipulating something, similar to English 'to mull over' or 'to hash out'.