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    3. 渦巻く

    渦巻く

    渦うず巻まく​

    to whirl

    KMT10News #44+1Verb, IntransitiveNature & EnvironmentEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    うず巻く渦まく

    うずまく

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to whirl, to eddy, to swirl, to curl (of smoke)
    2.
    to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.), to swirl around, to surge

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    煙けむりが空そらに渦うず巻まいていた。

    Smoke was swirling in the sky.

    KMT8Nature & Environment
    嵐あらしの海うみでは、巨きょ大だいな波なみが渦うず巻まいている。

    In the stormy sea, giant waves are swirling.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    彼かれの心こころの中なかには、様さま々ざまな感かん情じょうが渦うず巻まいていた。

    Various emotions were swirling within his heart.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology
    台たい風ふうの目めでは、雲くもが激はげしく渦いう巻ずまいているのが見みえた。

    In the eye of the typhoon, I could see clouds swirling violently.

    KMT10Nature & Environment
    彼かの女じょの頭あたまの中なかには、疑ぎ問もんと不ふ安あんが渦うず巻まいていた。

    Doubts and anxieties were swirling in her mind.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    渦
    うず…(1)
    whirlpool・eddy・vortex
    Kanji
    巻
    ま.く・まき・ま.き…(2)
    scroll・volume・book・part・roll up…(4)
    Kanji
    く
    ku
    Kana
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