Illustration: In a small Japanese courtyard after rain, an excited dog runs repeatedly around a round planter while holding a stolen gardening glove. Several overlapping loops of wet pawprints circle the planter, and the dog's curved body and lifted paws show it continuing along the same route.

ぐるぐる

guruguru

round and round, in circles

Example sentences

犬いぬは木きの周まわりをぐるぐる回まわった。
The dog ran around and around the tree.
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そのスケーターは氷こおりの上うえでぐるぐる回まわった。
The skater spun round and round on the ice.
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あのＣＭの曲きょくが頭あたまの中なかをぐるぐる回まわってるんだよ。
I keep hearing the song from that commercial over and over in my head.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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