JLPT N2 · Verb

巡る (meguru)

巡る (めぐる, meguru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to go around; to make a circle around”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: めぐる
Romaji: meguru
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to go around; to make a circle around · godan verb, intransitive
to surround; to circle; to enclose · godan verb, intransitive
to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return; to repeat; to circulate (of blood, money, etc.) · godan verb, intransitive
to travel around; to make a tour of · godan verb, intransitive
to concern (a matter); to surround · godan verb, intransitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

我々は太陽を巡るすべての惑星を探検するだろう。

We will explore every planet that goes around the sun.

Tatoeba #185698

春がまためぐってきた。

Spring has come around.

Tatoeba #147661

国会の動きはこの問題をめぐる与野党間の政治的綱引きとなった。

Parliamentary activity has become a political tug of war between the ruling and opposition parties over the issue.

Tatoeba #76164

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 巡る

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	巡る	めぐる meguru
Polite (~masu)	巡ります	めぐります megurimasu
Negative	巡らない	めぐらない meguranai
Polite negative	巡りません	めぐりません megurimasen
Past	巡った	めぐった megutta
Polite past	巡りました	めぐりました megurimashita
Negative past	巡らなかった	めぐらなかった meguranakatta
Te-form	巡って	めぐって megutte
Potential	巡れる	めぐれる megureru
Passive	巡られる	めぐられる megurareru
Causative	巡らせる	めぐらせる meguraseru
Volitional	巡ろう	めぐろう megurou
Imperative	巡れ	めぐれ megure
Conditional (~ba)	巡れば	めぐれば megureba

Kanji in 巡る

巡

patrol, go around, circumferenceジュン・めぐ.る・めぐ.り · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 巡る.

巡査じゅんさpolice officer

Source: JMdict entry 1342050 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.