No. 39 in Japanese
回
"回" means "times," "occurrences," or "revolutions."
In a sentence
今回のイベントはとても楽しかったです。
This event was very enjoyable.
In this sentence, '回' is used to indicate an occurrence or instance of an event.
事故が何回も起きて困っています。
Accidents are happening repeatedly and it is problematic.
Here, '回' is used to denote the number of times an action or event has occurred.
ボトルのキャップを回して開けます。
Turn the bottle cap to open it.
In this usage, '回' is part of the verb '回す', which means to rotate or turn.
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