巻まき

noun

roll; rolled-up item

A thing that has been rolled up, such as cloth or paper; 巻き is also a practical spelling for this concrete sense.

• 棚たなに大おおきな布ぬのの巻まきがいくつも並ならんでいる。

  Large rolls of cloth are lined up on the shelf.

noun

winding; winding up

Only when written 巻き

Refers to winding a mechanism, especially a spring or clockwork device; common in phrases such as ねじの巻き.

• 古ふるい時計とけいは毎まい朝あさねじの巻まきが必ひつ要ようだ。

  The old clock needs its spring wound every morning.

noun

volume; book volume

Only when written 巻

Native-style reading for a book volume or section, often in literary or story contexts. Do not confuse this with 巻 read かん in compounds such as 第一巻.

• この物もの語がたりは三みっつの巻まきに分わかれている。

  This story is divided into three volumes.

noun

speeding up; hurrying things along

Only when written 巻き

Often used as 巻きで in production, meetings, events, and casual workplace speech when asking people to move faster or shorten something.

• 時じ間かんがないので、ここからは巻まきでお願ねがいします。

  We're short on time, so please speed things up from here.

noun

heel of a Japanese sandal

Only when written 巻

Rare specialized term for part of traditional footwear; modern speakers are more likely to use more general words for the heel or back part.

• 古ふるい履はき物ものの用よう語ごでは、草履ぞうりのかかとの部ぶ分ぶんを「巻まき」と呼よぶことがある。

  In older footwear terminology, the heel part of a zōri may be called maki.