スピンsupin

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbspin; rotation
  2. nounspin (in PR, politics, etc.)
  3. nounribbon bookmark (attached to the binding)industry jargon; poss. from "spine"
Conjugation
Dictionary formスピンする
Polite (masu)スピンします
Negative (nai)スピンしない
polite (masen)スピンしません
classical zu / nuスピンせず・スピンせぬ
Past (ta)スピンした
polite (mashita)スピンしました
Past negative (nakatta)スピンしなかった
polite (masen deshita)スピンしませんでした
Te formスピンして
Potentialスピンできる
Passiveスピンされる
Causativeスピンさせる
Causative passiveスピンさせられる
Conditional (ba)スピンすれば
taraスピンしたら
Volitionalスピンしよう
polite (mashou)スピンしましょう
Imperativeスピンしろ

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym回転かいてんNeutralThe broadest everyday word for rotation or turning, also covering turnover of funds and restaurant tables; 「スピン」 leans toward ball spin, skids, or skating moves.
  • Synonym旋回せんかいWrittenMainly aircraft or ships turning in circles or circling; 「スピン」 is mostly a ball, car body, or the body spinning around its own axis.
  • Synonym自転じてんWrittenIn astronomy, a celestial body rotating on its own axis; for sports moves or a skidding car, use 「スピン」.
  • SynonymくるくるCasualColloquial mimetic word, used adverbially, for something spinning lightly round and round or coiling; 「スピン」 is a noun for sports spins.
  • Synonym転回てんかいWrittenWritten word for turning direction or making a U-turn, also a gymnastic handspring; 「スピン」 has no sense of changing direction.
  • Synonym回るまわるNeutralEveryday verb covering turning, going around, or making rounds; 「スピン」 is a loanword noun mostly for sports or cars.
  • Synonym回りまわりNeutralTurning or making the rounds, also the surroundings, often as the second element of compounds; 「スピン」 in its rotation sense is used mostly for sports or skidding cars.
  • Synonym回旋かいせんWrittenWritten word for circling or spiraling, also for vines twining up a support; not used in daily speech and unlike 「スピン」's sports sense.
  • Synonym旋転せんてんWrittenRare written word for rotation in general; say 「回転」 in daily speech and 「スピン」 for sports.
  • Related一周いっしゅうNeutralOne full lap or circuit, as in 「グラウンド一周」, stressing a complete round; 「スピン」 is the spinning itself, regardless of laps.
  • Related回転運動かいてんうんどうWrittenPhysics term for motion around an axis; 「スピン」 is used for concrete moves in ball games, skating, and the like.
  • Related公転こうてんWrittenIn astronomy, orbiting another body, like the Earth around the sun; 「スピン」 is spinning on one's own axis.

Use 「スピン」 for ball spin, skating spins, or a car spinning out, as in 「スピンがかかる」; for rotation in general use 「回転」 or 「回る」, for circling 「旋回」, and for celestial bodies 「自転」 and 「公転」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 旋回せんかいすること。
  2. テニスや卓球たっきゅうなどの球技きゅうぎで、ボールを回転かいてんさせること。
  3. 片足かたあし立たちして体からだを回転かいてんさせること。
  4. 素粒子そりゅうしの角かく運動量うんどうりょう。
  5. 飛行機ひこうきのきりもみ降下こうか。
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