Illustration: On a small oval school track after rain, a runner returns to the single cone where a friend is keeping count. Fresh wet shoeprints trace one continuous circuit around the otherwise empty track and arrive back at the runner's feet.

JLPT N2counterLevel estimated by Bebop

周しゅう

shuu

lap, circuit

Used after a number to count laps or circuits. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 飛行機ひこうきは離陸後りりくごに空港くうこうを二に周しゅうした。

    The plane circled the airport twice after taking off.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その衛星えいせいは地球ちきゅうの軌道きどうを１０周しゅうした。

    The satellite made 10 orbits of the earth.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 夢ゆめは世界一せかいいっ周しゅうです。

    My dream is to take a round-the-world trip.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 周

  • 周circumference; circuitOnシュウKunまわり

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