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    3. 巻

    巻

    巻まき

    roll (e.g. of cloth)

    N1KMT8News #20+1NounLiteratureKanji Vocab9 strokes

    巻き

    まき

    Noun

    1.
    roll (e.g. of cloth)
    2.
    winding (e.g. watch)
    3.
    volume (of book)
    4.
    speeding up
    5.
    heel (of a Japanese sandal)
    rare term

    Stroke 0 / 9

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    この漫まん画がは全ぜん十じゅっ巻かんです。

    This manga has ten volumes in total.

    KMT5LiteratureAnime & Manga
    図と書しょ館かんでその歴れき史し書しょの最さい終しゅう巻かんを借かりた。

    I borrowed the final volume of that history book from the library.

    KMT8LiteratureHistory
    彼かれの長ちょう編へん小しょう説せつは、第だい一いっ巻かんが発はつ売ばいされるやいなやベストセラーとなった。

    As soon as the first volume of his long novel was released, it became a bestseller.

    KMT8LiteratureBusiness & Finance
    アニメ化かされた作さく品ひんは、原げん作さくの何なん巻かんまでをカバーしているか確かく認にんが必ひつ要ようです。

    For animated works, it's necessary to check up to which volume of the original work is covered.

    KMT8Anime & MangaLiterature
    古こ典てん文ぶん学がくの多おおくは、巻まき物ものとして書かかれ、後こう世せに伝つたえられました。

    Many classical literary works were written as scrolls and passed down to later generations.

    KMT9LiteratureHistoryCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    巻
    ま.く・まき・ま.き…(2)
    scroll・volume・book・part・roll up…(4)
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