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めぐらす: to enclose (with)
めぐらす megurasu
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out
Everyday actions
Example sentences
環濠集落とは、まわりに、環濠という深い溝をめぐらせたムラのことです。
A kangō shūraku is a village with a deep ditch, called a kangō, dug all around it.
ムラのまわりに堀をめぐらせた環濠集落は、敵から守るための物だと考えられています。
The moated villages (kangō shūraku), with ditches dug around them, are thought to have been for defense against enemies.
From the lesson ムラからクニへ
方形周溝墓は、土を盛った四角い低い墓のまわりに、溝をめぐらせた墓です。
A hōkei shūkōbo is a low, square mound of earth with a ditch dug around it.
From the lesson 墓と身分のちがい