How to say "revolving" in Japanese

• くるくるCommon
  adverb (with と), suru verbA common mimetic word for the physical sense: something whirling or going round and round before your eyes, with a light, continuous feel — a spinning top, or fan blades turning round and round.
  木の葉このはが庭にわでくるくる舞まっていた。↗

  The leaves whirled in the yard.
• リボルビング
  nounIn practice almost entirely financial: it is the loanword for revolving credit, as on a credit card. For things that physically revolve — a door, a stage — it is not the word you want.
• 回動かいどう
  noun, suru verbA technical term for moving rotationally, the language of mechanical and engineering writing. For everyday senses of 'revolving' this less common word is seldom the one you want.

For something physically spinning round and round, 「くるくる」 is the mimetic word to reach for; 「リボルビング」 is in practice the financial term for revolving credit; 回動 is a less common technical word for rotational movement.

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• くるくるwhirling
• リボルビングrevolving
• 回動かいどうmoving rotationally