ロールrooru

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbroll; rolling up
  2. noun(bread) roll
  3. nounroller
  4. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbroll (of a ship, aircraft, etc.)
  5. noun, photographyroll film
Conjugation
Dictionary formロールする
Polite (masu)ロールします
Negative (nai)ロールしない
polite (masen)ロールしません
classical zu / nuロールせず・ロールせぬ
Past (ta)ロールした
polite (mashita)ロールしました
Past negative (nakatta)ロールしなかった
polite (masen deshita)ロールしませんでした
Te formロールして
Potentialロールできる
Passiveロールされる
Causativeロールさせる
Causative passiveロールさせられる
Conditional (ba)ロールすれば
taraロールしたら
Volitionalロールしよう
polite (mashou)ロールしましょう
Imperativeロールしろ

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • RelatedカールNeutralNeutral loanword from 'curl'. Describes a curled shape, typically of hair, rather than the act of rolling something up; unlike ロール, it never refers to a bread roll.

Use ロール for rolled-up things and bread rolls; choose カール when emphasizing a curled shape, especially in hair. Both are katakana loanwords, overlapping chiefly in hair-styling contexts.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 巻物まきもの。
  2. 巻き込まきこみ、回転かいてん。
  3. 円筒状えんとうじょうの品しな。
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