Illustration: In the changing area of a family home, a freshly bathed child grips one end of a long towel and swings it exuberantly around their head. The towel stretches outward in a broad curve, its loose end whipping past a laundry basket.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

振ふり回まわす

furimawasu

to swing around, to brandish

Example sentences

  1. そのように刃物はものを振ふり回まわすことは危険きけんだ。

    It is dangerous to wield an edged tool in such a way.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼女かのじょは叫さけびながら、ナイフを振ふり回まわしました。

    While she was screaming, she brandished the knife.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 二月堂にがつどうの上うえでたいまつを振ふり回まわす「お松明たいまつ」は3月がつ1日以降連日行にちいこうれんじつおこなわれる。

    Otaimatsu', the ceremony of swinging around big pine torches at Nigatsu-do Hall, is held every evening from March 1 onward.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 振回

  • 振shake; swingOnシンKunふる・ふれる・ふるう
  • 回-times; roundOnカイ・エKunまわる・まわす・まわし-

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