Illustration: In the enclosed courtyard of a neighborhood cat shelter, a caretaker stands holding a metal food bowl at chest height. Cats sit around her in a complete loose ring, including behind her heels and beside both feet. Every face points inward toward the bowl.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

取とり巻まく

torimaku

to surround, to encircle

Example sentences

  1. 音楽おんがくは空気くうきのように我々われわれの生活せいかつを取とり巻まいている。

    Music surrounds our lives like air.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 繊維産業せんいさんぎょうをとりまく状況じょうきょうは変化へんかした。

    Circumstances surrounding the textile industry have changed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 老年ろうねんは死しに取とり巻まかれている島しまである。

    Old age is an island surrounded by death.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 取巻

  • 取takeOnシュKunとる・とり・とり-
  • 巻scroll; volumeOnカン・ケンKunまく・まき・まき

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