スピン

すぴん
noun, suru verb
spin (rotation of a ball, skater, etc.); spin-off
自動詞 intransitivemovementmedia
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Presentスピンするスピンしない
Present politeスピンしますスピンしません
Pastスピンしたスピンしなかった
Past politeスピンしましたスピンしませんでした
て formスピンしてスピンしなくて
ている presentスピンしているスピンしていない
ている politeスピンしていますスピンしていません
ている pastスピンしていたスピンしていなかった
ている past politeスピンしていましたスピンしていませんでした
Conditional ばスピンすればスピンしなければ
Conditional たらスピンしたらスピンしなかったら
Volitionalスピンしよう—
Volitional politeスピンしましょう—
Potentialスピンできるスピンできない
Passiveスピンされるスピンされない
Causativeスピンさせるスピンさせない
Imperativeスピンしろスピンするな
1. spin; rotation (of a ball, skater, vehicle, etc.)
Rotation imparted to a ball in sports, the rotational figure performed by a figure skater or dancer, or the uncontrolled rotation of a vehicle. Often used with する as a verb.
ボールにスピンをかける。
To put spin on the ball.
The skater nailed a beautiful spin.
雪道(ゆきみち)で車(くるま)がスピンしてしまった。
The car spun out on the snowy road.
2. spin-off (work derived from a main story or series)
A derivative work — a manga, novel, drama, or film that focuses on side characters or settings from a main franchise. Often appears in compounds like スピンオフ.
A spin-off centered on the supporting character is being produced.
I read a spin-off of the popular manga.
This drama was planned as a spin-off of the original work and tells an independent story.

スピン is the English loanword "spin," used in two main domains in everyday Japanese: physical rotation (sports, skating, driving) and spin-off works.

SENSE 1 — ROTATION:

  • 球(たま)にスピンをかける: to put spin on the ball (tennis, baseball, table tennis)
  • バックスピン / トップスピン: backspin / topspin
  • スピンする: (of a car) to spin out, lose traction and rotate
  • フィギュアスケートのスピン: figure-skating spin

SENSE 2 — SPIN-OFF:

  • スピンオフ is by far the more common form for the spin-off sense; bare スピン as "spin-off" is more casual / shorthand.
  • スピン作品(さくひん): spin-off work
  • スピンドラマ: spin-off drama

Similar words

  • 回転(かいてん): rotation, spinning (the native Japanese word; broader than スピン and used for general rotational motion such as wheels, washing-machine drums, and so on)
  • スピンオフ: spin-off (the full loanword form, more formal in writing)
  • 派生作品(はせいさくひん): derived work; the native equivalent of "spin-off," used in publishing and media analysis

Usage

  • A separate political/PR sense ("to spin a story," as in the English idiom) exists in journalism but is rare in general conversation; in everyday Japanese the rotation and spin-off senses dominate.
  • Use 回転(かいてん) for ordinary mechanical rotation (e.g., 地球(ちきゅう)の回転(かいてん) "the Earth's rotation"); スピン is reserved for the more specific, sport- or media-flavored uses above.