ローテーション

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Meanings

Used for regular cycling of people, tasks, or items in a fixed order, such as work shifts, crop rotation, or pitching rotations.

〈人ひと〉がローテーションで回まわるfor people to take turns according to a rotation
当とう番ばんはローテーションで回まわっている。
The duty rotates among us in turn.
ローテーションを守まもるto stick to the rotation schedule
監かん督とくは先せん発ぱつ投とう手しゅのローテーションを守まもった。
The manager stuck to the starting pitcher rotation.
〈人ひと〉をローテーションに入いれるto put someone into the rotation
新しん人じんをローテーションに入いれることにした。
We decided to put the new recruit into the rotation.

交こう代たいN2
交代 is a native Japanese word for taking turns or shift changes, while ローテーション emphasizes a fixed, repeating cycle of assignments.
循じゅん環かんN2
循環 refers to circulation or a natural cyclical process (like blood circulation), whereas ローテーション is about a scheduled, orderly rotation of tasks or people.
持もち回まわり
ローテーション is a borrowed word often used in sports or scheduling contexts for a rotation, while 持ち回り is the native term typically used in organizational or administrative settings.

回かい転てんN2
回転 describes physical spinning or turning motion, while ローテーション refers to a scheduled rotation of people, tasks, or turns, not literal spinning.

Borrowed from English 'rotation'.