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空回り

to idle an engine

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Conjugation of 空回り

This verb can also mean the following: waste time through fruitless effort, waste
私/俺
Present informal tense
空回り
karamawari suru
I idle an engine
Present informal negative tense
空回りしない
karamawari shinai
I don't idle an engine
Present formal tense
空回りします
karamawari shimasu
I idle an engine
Present formal negative tense
空回りしません
karamawari shimasen
I do not idle an engine
私/俺
Past informal tense
空回りした
karamawari shita
I idled an engine
Past informal negative tense
空回りしなかった
karamawari shinakatta
I didn't idle an engine
Past formal tense
空回りしました
karamawari shimashita
I idle an engine
Past formal negative tense
空回りしませんでした
karamawari shimasen deshita
I did not idle an engine
私/俺
Imperative informal mood
空回りせよ
karamawari seyo
idle an engine
Imperative negative mood
空回りな
karamawari suru na
don't idle an engine
Imperative formal mood
空回りしてください
karamawari shite kudasai
please idle an engine
Imperative formal negative mood
空回りしないでください
karamawari shinai dekudasai
please do not idle an engine
私/俺
Te form - conjunctive stem
空回りして
karamawari shite
idle an engine
Passive stem
空回りされる
karamawari sareru
idled an engine
Hypothetical tense
空回りすれ
karamawari sure
if I idled an engine
Hypothetical conditional stem
空回りすれば
karamawari sureba
idled an engine
私/俺
Volitional stem
空回りしよう
karamawari shiyō
will idle an engine
Potential stem
空回りできる
karamawari dekiru
idled an engine
Continuative stem
空回りし
karamawari shi
idling an engine
Causative stem
空回りさせる
karamawari saseru
allow to idle an engine
私/俺
Imperfective stem
空回りし
karamawari shi
idle an engine

Examples of 空回り

違反のスピードを出して、突っ走っていた車がブレーキをかけたが、空回りして、運転手があっとゆうまもなく、トラックの背後に、もろにぶつかった。

The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head-on into the rear-end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.