noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. going around in circles.
  2. circling a temple.
  3. roll-call vote.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
堂々巡り どうどうめぐり
 
堂堂巡り どうどうめぐり
 
堂々回り どうどうめぐり
 
堂堂回り どうどうめぐり

Contained Kanji Breakdown

public chamber, hall
ドウ (4th, N4)
esteem, furthermore, still
ショウ なお たか (9th, N1)
desert, border prairie, the 1st form is radical 13
キョウ ケイ まきがまえ
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ ケイ (Kentei 1)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
repeated kanji symbol
patrol, go around, circumference
めぐ.る ジュン (7th, N1)
curving river radical (no.47)
セン かわ (Kentei 1)
ku radical
river
climax, arrive, proceed
シ いた.る のぶ (6th, N1)
the fore-arm(厷) variant
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)