循じゅん環かん

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循環する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	循じゅん環かんする	循じゅん環かんしない
Polite	循じゅん環かんします	循じゅん環かんしません
Past polite	循じゅん環かんしました	循じゅん環かんしませんでした
Past	循じゅん環かんした	循じゅん環かんしなかった
Te-form	循じゅん環かんして	循じゅん環かんしないで
Desire	循じゅん環かんしたい	循じゅん環かんしたくない
Potential	循じゅん環かんできる	循じゅん環かんできない
Passive	循じゅん環かんされる	循じゅん環かんされない
Causative	循じゅん環かんさせる	循じゅん環かんさせない
Causative passive	循じゅん環かんさせられる	循じゅん環かんさせられない
Volitional	循じゅん環かんしよう
Polite volitional	循じゅん環かんしましょう
Imperative	循じゅん環かんしろ	循じゅん環かんするな
Conditional	循じゅん環かんすれば	循じゅん環かんしなければ
Tara conditional	循じゅん環かんしたら	循じゅん環かんしなかったら

Meanings

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

circulation; rotation; cycle

Broadly used for physical circulation (blood, air, water), cyclical processes, and abstract cycles (economy, resources).

血けつ液えきは体たい内ないを循じゅん環かんしている。
Blood circulates through the body.
資し源げんを循じゅん環かんさせる社しゃ会かいを目め指ざす。
We aim for a society where resources are recycled.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉が循じゅん環かんするfor something to circulate
血けつ液えきは体たい内ないを循じゅん環かんする。
Blood circulates through the body.
〈物もの〉を循じゅん環かんさせるto circulate something (causative)
エアコンで空くう気きを循じゅん環かんさせる。
The air conditioner circulates the air.
循じゅん環かんがいい／悪わるいto have good/poor circulation
運うん動どう不ぶ足そくで血ちの循じゅん環かんが悪わるい。
My blood circulation is poor from lack of exercise.
〈場ば所しょ〉を循じゅん環かんするto circulate through/around a place (e.g., a route)
このバスは市し内ないを循じゅん環かんする。
This bus circulates around the city.

Kanji

循sequential, follow
環ring, circle, loop

Related words· 10

巡めぐるN2
巡る is a verb meaning to go around, tour, or revolve, while 循環 refers to a continuous, systemic cycle such as blood circulation.
サイクルN1
サイクル is a casual loanword for 'cycle' often used in everyday or technical contexts, while 循環 is the native Sino-Japanese term favored in formal and scientific writing.
巡めぐり
循環 is the technical/medical term for circulation (as in the circulatory system), while 巡り is the softer everyday word seen in expressions like 血の巡り.
還かん流りゅう
循環 is the general term for cyclical circulation (like blood or traffic), while 還流 specifically describes a current or flow returning to its point of origin.

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流りゅう通つうN1
循環 stresses cyclical movement that returns to its starting point, like blood or water, while 流通 can describe one-directional flow such as market distribution or airflow.
回かい路ろN1
循環 emphasizes the act of circulating, while 回路 refers to the route or system through which that circulation happens.
回かい転てんN2
循環 stresses continuous circulation within a closed system (blood, money), whereas 回転 focuses on the turning motion itself or the rate of turnover.
ローテーション
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.
流りゅう動どう
循環 implies cyclical, repeated circulation that returns to its starting point, while 流動 describes ongoing flow without necessarily cycling back.
回かい帰きN1
循環 emphasizes a repeating cycle or circulation (like blood or seasons), while 回帰 focuses on the act of returning to an earlier point within such a cycle.

Don't confuse with

悪あく循じゅん環かんN1
循環 is the neutral word for 'circulation/cycle' with no positive or negative connotation, while 悪循環 specifically means a negative, self-worsening cycle.
循じゅん環かん器き
循環 means 'circulation' as a process (e.g. blood flow, economic cycles), whereas 循環器 specifically denotes the physical organs that carry out that circulation.

Word family· 42

悪あく循じゅん環かんN1
vicious circle; vicious cycle
体たい循じゅん環かん
systemic circulation
再さい循じゅん環かん
recycling; recirculation
大だい循じゅん環かん
systemic circulation · general circulation (of the atmosphere)
好こう循じゅん環かん
virtuous cycle; virtuous circle

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小しょう循じゅん環かん
pulmonary circulation
循じゅん環かん器き
circulatory organ
循じゅん環かん型がた
circular; cyclic · recycling-oriented; recycling-based
循じゅん環かん性せい
cyclicity; circularity; recurrence
循じゅん環かん期き
cycle; cyclical period
循じゅん環かん的てき
cyclical; circulative; recursive

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Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 循 (follow, circulate) and 環 (ring, loop). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally yields the meaning of cyclical movement or circulation.