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駆け回る (かけまわる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

駆かけ回まわる

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

run around; bustle about

Describes moving around actively, often in a hurried or busy manner, either literally running or figuratively bustling about.

子こ供どもたちが公こう園えんを駆かけ回まわっている。
The children are running around the park.
彼かれは一いち日にち中じゅう、仕し事ごと

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He was bustling about with work all day.

Written forms

駆かけ回まわるUsage53%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority in news and frequency lists.
駆かけまわるUsage22%
search-only kanji form
かけまわるUsage16%
Kana spelling is acceptable and avoids rare kanji, but the kanji form is common.
駆かけ廻まわるUsage4%
search-only kanji form
駈かけ回まわるUsage2%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 駈 is an uncommon variant of 駆.
かけ回まわるUsage2%
search-only kanji form

Kanji

駆drive, run, gallop
回-times, round, game
廻round, game, revolve
駈

Similar words

走はしり回まわる
走り回る emphasizes running around, while 駆け回る can also imply bustling or hurrying about without necessarily running.

Etymology

Compound of 駆ける (to run, to dash) and 回る (to go around).

run, gallop, advance