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取り巻く (とりまく): to surround, to circle, to enclose — Japanese vocabulary

取り巻く is read とりまく and means "to surround, to circle, to enclose". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

取り巻く

Reading
とりまく · torimaku
Translation
to surround, to circle, to enclose
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
とりまくがとりまくが

Example

老年は死に取り巻かれている島である。

ろうねんはしにとりまかれているしまである。

Old age is an island surrounded by death.

Kanji in this word

  • 取 — Take, Fetch, Take Up
  • 巻 — roll, volume

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