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遠回り

JLPT N1

detour, roundabout way

Details

Part of speech
Noun
Romaji
toomawari

Example sentences

jūtai o yokeru tame ni tōmawari shita ga, kekkyoku jikan wa kawaranakatta.

I took a detour to avoid traffic congestion, but it ended up taking the same amount of time.

kono michi wa kouji-chuu na node, eki made toomawari shinakereba naranai.

This road is under construction, so we have to take a detour to get to the station.