Rasengan

螺旋丸

literallyspiral + circle

螺旋spiral丸circle

Naruto's signature technique.

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Character by character

螺small, edible, helical fresh-water molluskラにしにな17 strokes 旋rotation, go aroundセンめ.ぐるいばり11 strokes 丸round, full (month), perfectionガンまるまる.めるまる.い3 strokes · taught in grade 2

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The same characters show up in everyday Japanese. This is where one anime word turns into ten real ones.

螺

螺旋らせんspiral
螺子ネジscrew

旋

旋風せんぷうwhirlwind
旋律せんりつmelody
螺旋らせんspiral
斡旋あっせんgood offices

丸

日の丸ひのまるred or gold circle representing the Sun
丸刈りまるがりbuzz cut
丸太まるたlog
一丸いちがんone lump
丸いまるいround

旋・丸 — every one of these is a square on the grid of 2,136 jōyō kanji. Three a day, quizzed through real words.

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