巡回・巡廻|じゅんかいjunkai[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
巡回巡回 is the more common written form and the one learners should normally choose when writing this word.
巡廻巡廻 is a rarely used written form. You may encounter it occasionally, but 巡回 is the more familiar choice for learners.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbgoing around; patrol; round; tour
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 巡回する（じゅんかいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 巡回します（じゅんかいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 巡回しない（じゅんかいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 巡回しません（じゅんかいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 巡回せず・巡回せぬ（じゅんかいせず・じゅんかいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 巡回した（じゅんかいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 巡回しました（じゅんかいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 巡回しなかった（じゅんかいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 巡回しませんでした（じゅんかいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 巡回して（じゅんかいして） |
| Potential | 巡回できる（じゅんかいできる） |
| Passive | 巡回される（じゅんかいされる） |
| Causative | 巡回させる（じゅんかいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 巡回させられる（じゅんかいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 巡回すれば（じゅんかいすれば） |
| tara | 巡回したら（じゅんかいしたら） |
| Volitional | 巡回しよう（じゅんかいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 巡回しましょう（じゅんかいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 巡回しろ（じゅんかいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym警らけいらWrittenWritten style. Police patrol and vigilance; 「巡回」 is broader, covering mobile clinics and touring shows as well as patrols.
- Synonym見回るみまわるNeutralNeutral verb for going around to look at places, as in 「夜間に見回る」; 「巡回する」 suggests planned visits along a set route.
- Synonym巡視じゅんしWrittenWritten style. An inspection tour for supervision or vigilance, as in 「巡視船」; 「巡回」 is the broader term.
- Synonym哨戒しょうかいWrittenWritten style. Vigilant patrolling against enemy attack, as in 「哨戒機」; 「巡回」 is the broader term.
- Synonym見回りみまわりNeutralA patrol or inspection round, or the person making it, as in 「夜の見回り」; 「巡回」 is broader and includes touring performances.
- SynonymパトロールNeutralLoanword for patrol duty, as in 「パトロールカー」; 「巡回」 is the broader term.
- SynonymめぐるNeutralNeutral verb for going around, encircling, or coming round cyclically, as in 「季節が巡る」; 「巡回する」 is purposeful, route-based visiting.
- Related行脚あんぎゃWrittenWritten style. A monk's training pilgrimage or walking tour, as in 「全国行脚」; 「巡回」 implies purposeful visits to places.
- Related一巡いちじゅんWrittenWritten style. A single round or circuit, as in 「打者一巡」; 「巡回」 suggests ongoing rounds rather than one lap.
- Related回遊かいゆうWrittenWritten style. Touring about or the seasonal migration of fish; 「巡回」 is purposeful visiting of places.
- Related周遊しゅうゆうWrittenWritten style. Sightseeing around an area, as in 「周遊券」; 「巡回」 is about purposeful visits, not pleasure touring.
- RelatedツアーNeutralLoanword for a group tour or a touring production, as in 「ツアー公演」; 「巡回」 is the Sino-Japanese term.
- Related巡歴じゅんれきWrittenWritten style. Traveling from place to place; 「巡回」 is purposeful visiting.
- Related巡遊じゅんゆうWrittenWritten style. Traveling around on a tour; 「巡回」 implies purposeful visits rather than roaming.
- Related巡検じゅんけんWrittenWritten style. An inspection or fact-finding tour; 「巡回」 is the broader term.
- Related巡覧じゅんらんWrittenWritten style. Going around to view places, a sightseeing tour; 「巡回」 is purposeful visiting.
- Related漫遊まんゆうWrittenWritten style. Wandering wherever one pleases, as in 「諸国漫遊」; 「巡回」 always has a purpose.
- Related遊歴ゆうれきWrittenWritten style. Traveling through various lands; 「巡回」 is purposeful visiting of places.
- Antonym定住ていじゅうWrittenWritten style. Settling permanently in one place — the opposite of making rounds from place to place.
Use 「巡回」 for visiting places in turn for a purpose or for making rounds, as in 「巡回展」 and 「巡回診療」. For police patrols pick 「パトロール」 or the written term 「警ら」; for looking around use 「見回り」; for touring for pleasure use 「周遊」. The opposite of roaming is 「定住」, settling in one place.
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