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捲る: to turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves) | JLPT N1 Vocabulary | JLPTMatome

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捲る

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捲(まく)る

まくる

to turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves)

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Reading and meaning Verb conjugations Example sentences Kanji in this lesson

Reading and meaning

Reading: まくる
Romaji: makuru
Meaning: to turn up, to roll up (e.g. sleeves)
Word type: godan verb

Verb conjugations

Present / future: 捲(まく)ります
Present / future negative: 捲(まく)りません
Past: 捲(まく)りました
Past negative: 捲(まく)りませんでした
Progressive / resulting state: 捲(まく)っています
Te-form: 捲(まく)って
Negative connective: 捲(まく)らなくて
Without doing: 捲(まく)らず
Ba conditional: 捲(まく)れば
Tara conditional: 捲(まく)ったら
Desire: 捲(まく)りたいです
Volitional: 捲(まく)りましょう
Command / request: 捲(まく)ってください
Prohibition: 捲(まく)らないでください
Potential: 捲(まく)れます
Potential negative: 捲(まく)れません
Passive: 捲(まく)られます
Causative: 捲(まく)らせます
Causative-passive: 捲(まく)らせられます

Present / future: 捲(まく)る
Present / future negative: 捲(まく)らない
Past: 捲(まく)った
Past negative: 捲(まく)らなかった
Progressive / resulting state: 捲(まく)っている
Te-form: 捲(まく)って
Negative connective: 捲(まく)らなくて
Without doing: 捲(まく)らず
Ba conditional: 捲(まく)れば
Tara conditional: 捲(まく)ったら
Desire: 捲(まく)りたい
Volitional: 捲(まく)ろう
Command / request: 捲(まく)れ
Prohibition: 捲(まく)るな
Potential: 捲(まく)れる
Potential negative: 捲(まく)れない
Passive: 捲(まく)られる
Causative: 捲(まく)らせる
Causative-passive: 捲(まく)らせられる

Example sentences

FuriganaEnglish

彼(

かれ

)

は

暑(あつ)

さに

耐(た)

えるため、シャツの

袖(そで)

を

肘(ひじ)

まで

捲(まく)

ることにした。

To withstand the heat, he decided to roll his shirt sleeves up to his elbows.

作業(さぎょう)に取(と)りかかる前(まえ)に、ズボンの裾(すそ)を捲(まく)る。

Before starting the work, I roll up the hem of my trousers.

彼(かれ)は毎朝(まいあさ)、朝日(あさひ)を浴(あ)びるためにカーテンを捲(まく)る。

Every morning, he draws back the curtains to bask in the sunlight.

彼(かれ)は眠(ねむ)っている子(こ)どもの掛(か)け布団(ぶとん)をそっと捲(まく)る。

He gently turns back the blanket covering the sleeping child.

Kanji in this lesson

捲roll, wind, coil, turn pages, roll up sleeves, strip off, be turned, be rolled upJLPT N1

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