Meaning

Primary

To Run Around

Word Type

intransitive verb, godan verb

Explanation

To 駆ける is "to gallop." 回る is "to revolve." So if you're galloping around in a revolving fashion, you are going to run around.

Reading

かけまわる
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings come from 駆ける and 回る.

Context

Context Sentences

レシピにサフランがいるって書いてあったから、あちこち駆け回って探したんだけど見つからなくて、結局今回はサフランは使わなかったの。

The recipe said to put in saffron, so I ran around searching for it everywhere, but I couldn’t find any, so I didn’t add saffron this time.

Kanji Composition