回まわし

noun, noun, used as a suffix

mawashi; sumo belt; loincloth

Specifically the thick belt worn by sumo wrestlers. Also used as a suffix in sumo terms like 横綱回し.

• 力りき士しは試し合あい前まえに回まわしを締しめ直なおした。

  The sumo wrestler retightened his mawashi before the match.

• 子こ供ども用ようの回まわしは小ちいさくて軽かるい。

  Children's mawashi are small and light.

noun

mantle; cape

Rare, archaic use for a sleeveless outer garment or cape. Not used in modern everyday language.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「回まわし」を羽は織おった武ぶ士しの記き述じゅつがある。

  Old documents describe warriors wearing a 'mawashi' (a type of mantle).

noun

gang rape

Vulgar slang derived from the verb 回す (to pass around). Often used in criminal or explicit contexts.

See also: まわす

• 警けい察さつは回まわしの容よう疑ぎで男おとこたちを逮たい捕ほした。

  The police arrested the men on suspicion of gang rape.