Japanese

まくる
Meaning: to roll up; to turn over; to do profusely
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 捲る 捲らない
Polite 捲ります 捲りません
Past 捲った 捲らなかった
Polite + Past 捲りました 捲りませんでした
Te-form 捲って 捲らなくて
Potential 捲れる 捲れない
Passive 捲られる 捲られない
Causative 捲らせる 捲らせない
Causative + Passive 捲らされる 捲らされない
Imperative 捲れ 捲るな

Handwriting

捲
る

Example

He rolled up his sleeves and started cleaning the garden.

Usage Notes

Means to roll up edges of clothing or to turn over things. As a suffix '-makuru', it expresses doing something vigorously.

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