時計回り

Japanese

Kanji in this term
時	計	回
と Grade: 2	けい Grade: 2	まわ Grade: 2
irregular		kun’yomi

Etymology

From 時(と)計(けい) (tokei, “clock”) + 回(まわ)り (mawari, “to rotate”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とけーまわり [tòkéémáꜜwàrì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ke̞ːma̠ɰᵝa̠ɾʲi]

Noun

時(と)計(けい)回(まわ)り • (tokeimawari)

clockwise movement

Antonyms

反(はん)時(と)計(けい)回(まわ)り (hantokeimawari, “anticlockwise”)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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