Rasengan

螺旋丸

literallyspiral + circle

Naruto's signature technique.

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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

螺子ネジscrew
螺旋らせんspiral

旋

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

丸

一丸いちがんone lump
丸太まるたlog
弾丸だんがんbullet

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