whirlpool, eddy, vortex

Radicals

Common words

• 渦【うず】
  whirlpool, swirl, eddy, vortex, maelstrom
• 渦中【かちゅう】
  vortex, maelstrom, whirlpool, (in the middle of a) scandal, controversy, quarrel, turmoil
• 渦巻き【うずまき】
  whirlpool, maelstrom, vortex, eddy, swirl, spiral (shape, pattern)