切きり回まわす

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Meanings

1

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

manage; run; handle

Used for managing or running an organization, household, or situation, often with a sense of skillfully handling affairs.

彼かれは会かい社しゃを一人ひとりで切きり回まわしている。
He runs the company single-handedly.
母はは

は

家か

事じ

を

上手じょうず

に

切き

り

回まわ

す

。

My mother manages the household chores skillfully.

2

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

cut carelessly; slash about

Describes cutting or slashing in a rough, careless manner, often by a cook or surgeon; also written as 斬り回す when emphasizing a blade.

料りょう理り人にんが包ほう丁ちょうを切きり回まわす。
The cook slashes about with a kitchen knife.
外げ科か医いがメスを切きり回まわす。
The surgeon cuts carelessly with a scalpel.

3

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

cut around

archaic

Archaic sense meaning to cut around something; rarely used in modern Japanese.

古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、木きの周まわりを切きり回まわすと記しるされている。
In old texts, it is written as cutting around a tree.

Written forms

切きり回まわすUsage48%
Standard kanji spelling for managing and cutting senses.
切きりまわすUsage28%
Mixed kana spelling; common in everyday writing.
切きり回まわすUsage21%
Less common abbreviated kanji form.
きりまわすUsage3%

Kanji

切cut, cutoff, be sharp
回-times, round, game

Similar words

管かん理りする
管理する is a more formal and general term for management or administration, while 切り回す implies hands-on, often skillful handling of affairs.
運うん営えいする
運営する focuses on operating an organization or event, whereas 切り回す suggests a more personal, sometimes ad-hoc management style.

Etymology

Compound of 切る (to cut) and 回す (to turn, to manage). The managing sense likely developed from the idea of skillfully handling or 'cutting through' affairs.