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掻き回す · godan verb (-su)

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

Meanings

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

stir; churn; poke (a fire); disturb (water)

Physical action of mixing or agitating a substance, such as liquid, food, or embers.

スープをかき回まわして、具ぐを均きん等とうにしてください。
Stir the soup so the ingredients are evenly distributed.
彼かれは火ひをかき回まわして、暖あたたかさを保たもった。
He poked the fire to keep it warm.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

rummage around; poke around

Used for searching through things in a disorderly way, often with one's hands.

引ひき出だしをかき回まわして、鍵かぎを探さがした。
I rummaged through the drawer looking for the key.

godan verb (-su), transitive verb

throw into confusion; disrupt; stir up

Figurative use: causing disorder or turmoil in a situation, organization, or group.

彼かれの発はつ言げんが会かい議ぎをかき回まわした。
His remark threw the meeting into confusion.
新しん入にゅう社しゃ員いんが職しょく場ばをかき回まわしている。
The new employee is stirring up the workplace.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉をかき回まわすto stir something (a liquid, food, etc.)
スプーンでスープをかき回まわした。
I stirred the soup with a spoon.
〈場ば所しょ〉をかき回まわすto rummage through a place looking for something
引ひき出だしの中なかをかき回まわして鍵かぎを探さがした。
I rummaged through the drawer looking for the key.
〈事こと〉をかき回まわすto throw an affair or gathering into confusion
彼かれの突とつ然ぜんの発はつ言げんが会かい議ぎをかき回まわした。
His sudden remark threw the meeting into confusion.
〈人ひと〉の心こころをかき回まわすto stir up someone's emotions
彼かの女じょの言こと葉ばが私わたしの心こころをかき回まわした。
Her words stirred up my emotions.

Kanji

回-times, round, game
掻scratch, rake, comb
搔to scratch

Related words

混まぜるN3sense 1
混ぜる is the general, neutral verb for mixing ingredients together, whereas 掻き回す implies a rougher, more vigorous or disorderly stirring motion.
乱みだすN1sense 3
乱す means to throw something into disorder in a general sense, while 掻き回す specifically evokes an active, hands-on stirring-up of a situation or group.
荒あらすN1sense 3
荒らす focuses on damaging or ravaging a place or situation, whereas 掻き回す emphasizes the churning, disruptive action itself rather than the damage caused.

Don't confuse with

かき混まぜる sense 1
掻き混ぜる and 掻き回す look and sound almost identical, but 掻き混ぜる suggests a gentler blending motion while 掻き回す can imply a rougher, more disruptive stir.

Written forms

掻かき回まわすUsage9%
Standard kanji spelling with 掻; high priority.
かき回まわすUsage42%
Common simplified spelling using かき in kana.
かきまわすUsage41%
搔かき回まわすUsage7%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form using the kyūjitai 搔.
掻かきまわすUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only kanji form; まわす is written in kana.

Etymology

Compound of 掻き (kaki, continuative form of 掻く 'to scratch, stir') + 回す (mawasu, 'to turn, rotate'). The combination yields the meaning of stirring or agitating by turning.