Illustration: On an apartment balcony, a child blows steadily at a pinwheel held upright in one hand. Its blades whirl around the central pin, their tips blurred by the rapid repeated rotation, while the straight handle stays still.

くるくる

kurukuru

round and round, spinning

Example sentences

スケーターはこまのようにくるくる回まわった。
The skater spun around like a top.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
傘かさをくるくる回まわす
to twirl an umbrella
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source
フィギュアスケートの選手せんしゅって、あんなに高速こうそくでくるくる回転かいてんしてるのに、なんで目めが回まわらずにいられるんだろう。
I wonder how figure-skaters are able to keep from being dizzy when they spin really fast.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

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