Illustration: Outside a neighborhood association meeting room, an organizer quietly shows two members a miniature arrangement of benches and planters for their shared courtyard. One member points to a moved planter while the organizer adjusts it, and the other nods with an approving open palm.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

根ね回まわし

nemawashi

groundwork, building consensus

Usually involves seeking agreement before a formal decision. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 山県やまがたは即座そくざに賛成さんせいし、2人りとともに有力者ゆうりょくしゃの根回ねまわしに走はしった。

    Yamagata immediately agreed and began to persuade influential people along with the two persons.

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

  2. 当時とうじの国際慣習こくさいかんしゅうを知しらない明治政府めいじせいふは、この出兵しゅっぺいの際さいに清国しんこくへの通達つうたつをせず、また清国内しんこくないに権益けんえきを持もつ列強れっきょうに対たいしての通達つうたつ・根回ねまわしを行おこなわなかった。

    The Meiji Government with no knowledge of international customs at that time not only hadn’t notified Qing before dispatching troops but neither informed the great powers with interests in Qing nor laid the groundwork.

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

  3. 大統領だいとうりょうは辞任じにんする前まえにお金かねに困こまらないように根回ねまわしした。

    Before resigning, the president made arrangements to ensure he wouldn’t be short of money.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · English by AI · Source

Kanji in 根回

  • 根root; head (pimple)OnコンKunね
  • 回-times; roundOnカイ・エKunまわる・まわす・まわし-

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