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巻く

まく

to wind, to coil, to roll up, to wrap around

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Examples

  1. 寒いのでマフラーを巻いた。

    さむいのでまふらーをまいた。

    It was cold, so I wrapped a scarf around my neck.

  2. けがをした指に包帯を巻きます。

    けがをしたゆびにほうたいをまきます。

    I will wind a bandage around the injured finger.

  3. 長い物には巻かれろ。

    ながいものにはまかれろ。

    If you can't beat them, join them. (literally: let yourself be wound around by the long thing)

  4. 毎朝、祖父は時計のねじを巻くのが習慣だった。

    まいあさ、そふはとけいのねじをまくのがしゅうかんだった。

    Every morning my grandfather made a habit of winding up his watch.

Common patterns

包帯を巻く
wind a bandage
マフラーを巻く
wrap a scarf around one's neck
ねじを巻く
wind up a spring; (figuratively) give someone a push

Memory tip

巻く is transitive (X を巻く); the intransitive partner is 巻かれる or the compound 巻き付く. Do not confuse it with 撒く "to scatter, to sprinkle", which is also read まく.

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