堂どう々どう巡めぐり

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

going around in circles; getting nowhere

Figurative use for discussions, arguments, or thoughts that keep repeating without progress. Often used with する to mean 'to go around in circles'.

• 会かい議ぎは堂どう々どう巡めぐりで、何なにも決きまらなかった。

  The meeting went around in circles and nothing was decided.

• 同おなじことを考かんがえて堂どう々どう巡めぐりしている。

  I'm going around in circles thinking about the same thing.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

circling a temple; circumambulation

Literal meaning of walking around a temple or sacred site, often as a religious practice. Less common in modern everyday language.

• お遍へん路ろさんはお寺てらを堂どう々どう巡めぐりしながらお経きょうを唱となえる。

  Pilgrims chant sutras while circling the temple.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

roll-call vote

Specialized political term for a voting method where members are called one by one. Rare outside parliamentary contexts.

• その法ほう案あんは堂どう々どう巡めぐりによる採さい決けつで可か決けつされた。

  The bill was passed by a roll-call vote.