To Roll
To Wind, To Wrap, To Coil
transitive verb, godan verb
Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means scroll. But, you don't "to scroll." What do you do to scrolls, though? You roll them up, making this word "to roll."
This word can also mean to wind, like when winding thread or a watch, or to wrap when involving a rolling or coiling motion, like wrapping sushi in seaweed or wrapping a cozy scarf around your neck.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you: The thing you are rolling up is your ma (ま). She's going wild again, so you throw her into a blanket and roll her up to hold her down.
どうしてラーメン屋さんはタオルを頭に巻いてることが多いのかな？
I wonder why ramen shop workers often wrap a towel around their heads.
肉巻きおにぎりを作りたかったんだけど、お肉がうまく巻けなかったの。
I wanted to make rice balls wrapped in meat, but I had trouble wrapping the meat around them.
こんな感じで、お寿司を海苔でクルクル巻いていきます。
This is how we make sushi - we roll it up in seaweed like this... roll, roll, roll.
二時間かけて髪を巻いたが、それでもあまりうまく巻けなかった。
I spent two hours curling my hair, but it still doesn’t curl well.