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遠回り (toomawari)

detour, roundabout way

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

遠回り (とおまわり, toomawari) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “detour, roundabout way”.

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Example sentences 4

もし遠回とおまわりでなければポストに入いれてください。

Please drop it in the mail if it's not out of your way.

彼らはその湖を遠回りしていった。

They went around the lake.

今日は遠回りをして帰ろっと。

I think I will take a roundabout way to return home.

先生はわざと道を遠廻りして、けわしい山の傾斜をそろそろと上り始めた。

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