Illustration: On a quiet Japanese beach, a barefoot child has walked all the way around a large sand mound and is taking the final step back to a neatly paired set of sandals. A single continuous trail of fresh footprints follows the mound's entire circumference, with no other tracks nearby.

JLPT N3suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ周しゅう

isshuu

to go all the way around

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは世界せかい一周いっしゅうをした。

    He traveled around the world.

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  2. 船ふねで世界せかい一周いっしゅうをしてみたい。

    I’d like to sail around the world.

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  3. ヘリコプターが我々われわれの上うえを一周いっしゅうした。

    A helicopter circled over us.

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Kanji in 一周

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 周circumference; circuitOnシュウKunまわり

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