Japanese

らせる

めぐらせる
Meaning: to ponder; to surround
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 巡らせる 巡らせない
Polite 巡らせます 巡らせません
Past 巡らせた 巡らせなかった
Polite + Past 巡らせました 巡らせませんでした
Te-form 巡らせて 巡らせなくて
Potential 巡らせられる 巡らせられない
Passive 巡らせられる 巡らせられない
Causative 巡らせさせる 巡らせさせない
Imperative 巡らせろ 巡らせるな

Example sentences

彼は新しい事業の計画について思いを巡らせた。
He pondered the plans for the new business.
その軍師は知略縦横に策を巡らせ、劣勢を覆した。
That strategist devised plans with free-ranging ingenuity and overturned the disadvantage.

Usage Notes

Used for circulating thoughts or for physically surrounding something with a barrier.

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