Illustration: In the narrow side yard of a Japanese home, a resident winds a garden hose onto a simple hand-cranked reel. Several snug loops already encircle the drum, and one hand turns the crank while the other guides the incoming length beside the previous turn.

JLPT N2verbLevel estimated by Bebop

巻まく

maku

to wind, to wrap

Example sentences

彼女かのじょは首くびにスカーフをまいている。
She has a scarf around her neck.
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ヘビがとぐろを巻まく。
The snake coils itself up.
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時計とけいは毎日まいにち巻まかれたものだった。
Clocks used to be wound every day.
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Kanji in 巻

巻scroll; volumeOnカン・ケンKunまく・まき・まき

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