回まわり

noun

making the rounds; going around to visit

Used for going from place to place for visits, work, greetings, inspections, or errands; common in compounds such as 挨拶回り and 取引先回り.

• 年ねん始しの挨あい拶さつ回まわりに出でかけた。

  I went out to make New Year courtesy calls.

noun

spreading; spread

Often used for the way fire, smoke, disease, or an influence spreads through an area or group.

• 風かぜが強つよく、火ひの回まわりが早はやかった。

  The wind was strong, and the fire spread quickly.

noun

effect; taking effect; efficacy

A limited collocational use for an effect spreading through the body or taking hold, especially with alcohol or medicine; not a general replacement for 効果.

• 今日きょうは酒さけの回まわりが早はやい。

  The alcohol is hitting me quickly today.

noun, used as a suffix, noun

via; by way of

Used after a place, direction, or route to indicate going by way of that route, as in 北回り or 名古屋回り.

• 名な古ご屋や回まわりで大おお阪さかへ向むかった。

  I headed to Osaka via Nagoya.

suffix, counter

round; circuit; turn

Counter-like suffix for one full circuit, cycle, or turn around something; very common in 一回り and 二回り.

• 公こう園えんを一ひと回まわりしてから帰かえった。

  I made one circuit of the park and then went home.

suffix, counter

size; one size difference

Counter-like use for relative size, usually in expressions such as 一回り大きい and 二回り小さい.

• この箱はこは前まえのものより一ひと回まわり大おおきい。

  This box is one size larger than the previous one.

suffix, counter

12-year period; 12-year age difference

In age expressions, 一回り means one full cycle of the zodiac, i.e. twelve years; 二回り is twenty-four years.

• 姉あねとは一ひと回まわり年としが離はなれている。

  My sister and I are twelve years apart.