Illustration: At the shared entrance of a small Japanese apartment building, three neighbors form a casual relay around one open document folder. A woman who has finished reading passes it to an older man, whose gaze has already dropped toward its contents.

JLPT N1suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

回かい覧らん

kairan

to circulate a document

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはその手紙てがみを全員ぜんいんに回覧かいらんした。

    He circulated the letter among the members.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 回覧かいらん板ばんを見みたらすぐに回まわしてください。

    As soon as you’re finished looking at the "kairanban," please give it to the next person.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 子規しきが手てがけた漢詩かんしや俳句はいくなどの文集ぶんしゅう『七草集ななくさしゅう』が学友がくゆうらの間まで回覧かいらんされたとき、漱石そうせきがその批評ひひょうを巻末かんまつに漢文かんぶんで書かいたことから、本格的ほんかくてきな友情ゆうじょうが始はじまる。

    A close friendship began when Soseki wrote a critique in classical Chinese at the end of Nanakusashu, a collection of Chinese poems and haiku by Shiki that had been circulated among their schoolmates.

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

Kanji in 回覧

  • 回-times; roundOnカイ・エKunまわる・まわす・まわし-
  • 覧perusal; seeOnランKunみる

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