ろくろ回まわし

noun

pottery wheel throwing; shaping ceramics on a wheel

Refers to the act of shaping clay on a potter's wheel, or the spinning of the wheel itself. A standard term in pottery contexts.

• 彼かの女じょはろくろ回まわしがとても上手じょうずだ。

  She is very skilled at throwing on the pottery wheel.

noun

hand gestures mimicking pottery wheel work

Slang, humorous. Describes gesticulating with both hands as if shaping clay on a wheel, often when someone is talking excitedly or trying to explain something.

• 彼かれは話はなしながらろくろ回まわしのような手て振ぶりをしていた。

  He was making hand gestures like a pottery wheel thrower while talking.