スピンsupin
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbspin; rotation
- nounspin (in PR, politics, etc.)
- 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.
- 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


