Lingaku繰る【くる】
Frequency rank: 28,209. – 28,410. (for form くる: 1,397.)
- to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
- to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
- to count (e.g. the days)
- to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; transitive verb
Forms
- 繰る【くる】Frequency rank: 28,209. – 28,410.
- くるFrequency rank: 1,397.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to reel; to wind; to spin (thread)
- to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to leaf through (a book); to consult (a dictionary); to refer to (an encyclopedia)
- to count (e.g. the days)
- to open one-by-one; to close one-by-one (e.g. shutters)
This meaning refers to the action of winding something, like thread or yarn, around a spool or similar object. It's often used in contexts related to crafts or manufacturing.
This meaning involves physically moving or changing the position of pages in a book or resource to find information or simply enjoy the content.
This meaning is about the act of enumerating or counting items, specifically days or other units of time.
This meaning describes the deliberate action of opening or closing items in a sequential manner, often used with shutters, doors, or similar objects.
Generated collocations (experimental)
ぺえじページをくる繰るto turn the pageほん本をくる繰るto leaf through a bookじしょ辞書をくる繰るto consult a dictionaryひ日をくる繰るto count the daysふるい古いきろく記録をくる繰るto go through old recordsしゃったあシャッターをくる繰るto open/close the shutters one-by-oneふたたび再びぺえじページをくる繰るto flip through the pages againひまつぶし暇つぶしにほん本をくる繰るto flip through a book for passing timeちょうさ調査のためにしりょう資料をくる繰るto go through materials for researchおもいで思い出をくる繰るto go through memories
Example sentences
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I suppose it's different when you think about it over the long term.
I can't tell her now. It's not that simple anymore.
After that, I left, but then I realized that I forgot my backpack at their house.
Their communication may be much more complex than we thought.
When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday.
I was planning on going to the beach today, but then it started to rain.
In the midst of this, it is IT that has made great progress.
Expressions and smiles change like that just from applying rouge and lipstick.
Pac-Man, when a certain condition is reached, can counter attack and eat the monsters chasing him.
It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.
13. きごう「ばか馬鹿きごう」ということば言葉は、わるい悪いことば言葉だといわれている言われているが、わたくし私のせいちょう成長してきたかんきょう環境では、それほどわるい悪いことば言葉ではなかったようにおもう思う。
I'm told "idiot" is a bad word, but where I grew up it doesn't really feel that bad.
Since primary school we've been checking for the qualities known as acidity and alkalinity with litmus paper.
The person who opened the door and came in was an utter stranger.
They rarely spoke of the labour problem at their workplace.
When you start taking medicine it begins working on symptoms, like pain, right away, but that doesn't mean that the ulcer heals right away.
When warm, light, air crosses mountains it rises into the upper atmosphere and does not fall back to the ground. In this, and other, ways wind changes with the terrain.