Today’s Grammar Point: ～まわる

Today’s grammar point is ～まわる. 回まわる alone is an intransitive verb meaning “to go around,” “to spin” or “to run in a circle.” It can be used after the stem of a verb which usually describes some movement and ～まわる means “to do the action of ～ around/about.” See the examples below.

Connection

• [verb stem] + まわる

Examples

歩あるき回まわる: to walk about, to walk up and down, to pace
動うごき回まわる: to move around, to go about
泳およぎ回まわる: to swim around, to make one’s way through the world
駆かけ回まわる: to run around, to rush about, to be terribly busy, to lead a hectic life
探さがし回まわる/捜さがし回まわる: to search up and down (for …), look around (for …)
騒さわぎ回まわる: to run around making noise
立たち回まわる: to move about, to go about doing …, to maneuver
出で回まわる: to arrive on the market, to hit the market
尋たずね回まわる: ask around
走はしり回まわる: to run around, to scurry about, to rush about
飛とび回まわる: to fly around, to jump around, to rush about
逃にげ回まわる: to run from place to place, to run about trying to shun (a creditor)
のたうち回まわる: to writhe, to wriggle, to roll around (in pain)
飲のみ回まわる: to drink at several places in succession; to drink at one place after another
cf. 飲のみ歩あるく: to go on a pub-crawl
這はい回まわる: to crawl around, to creep about
持もち回まわる: to take … round, to carry around, to cart … around

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