迂う回かい

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

迂回する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

detour; circumvention

Taking a longer route to avoid an obstacle or to bypass something. Can be used literally for roads/paths or figuratively for procedures/rules.

turning movement (military)

Military term for a maneuver that goes around the enemy's flank.

〈場ば所しょ〉を迂う回かいするto bypass/go around a place
工こう事じ現げん場ばを迂う回かいして通とおった。
We took a detour around the construction site.
迂う回かいを余よ儀ぎなくされるto be forced to take a detour
事じ故このため、車くるまは迂う回かいを余よ儀ぎなくされた。
Because of the accident, cars were forced to take a detour.
〈事こと〉を迂う回かいするto circumvent a rule or procedure
彼かれは規き制せいを迂う回かいする方ほう法ほうを見みつけた。
He found a way to circumvent the regulations.

回まわり道みちN3sense 1
回り道 is the casual, everyday word for taking a longer path, while 迂回 is more formal and often used in official or written contexts.
遠とお回まわりN2sense 1
遠回り is a plain, conversational way to say 'going the long way,' whereas 迂回 sounds more technical or official.
バイパス sense 1
バイパス refers specifically to a purpose-built bypass road, while 迂回 describes the general act of detouring around any obstacle.
巻まくN3
迂回する is the general word for detouring or going around an obstacle, while 巻く in this sense is specifically a tactical term for outflanking an enemy.

近ちか道みちN3sense 1
近道 means a shortcut that saves time, the opposite of 迂回, which means taking a longer, roundabout path.
直ちょく進しんN1
迂回 means taking a detour or roundabout route, the opposite of 直進's straight-ahead movement.

回かい避ひ sense 1
回避 means to avoid or evade something entirely (e.g. a risk or responsibility), while 迂回 means to physically go around an obstacle while still reaching the same destination.

迂う回かいUsage93%
Standard kanji spelling.
う回かいUsage6%
search-only kanji form
Search-only mixed kanji-kana form.
迂う廻かいUsage1%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 廻 is a variant of 回.

From Chinese 迂迴／迂回 (yūhuí). The kanji 迂 means 'roundabout' and 回 means 'go around'.