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Grammar detail: 〜まくる
〜まくる - do something intensely
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verb stem + まくる
means do something intensely, fiercely, fully, totally etc
On its own, the verb まくる generally means 'turn inside out', and is used for example to describe rolling up ones sleeves. When appended to the stem of a verb, it invokes a sense of doing something frantically and excessively - almost to the point of turning oneself inside out by doing it.
Some common verb combinations include:
する | do | しまくる | do (something) to excess |
た 食 べる | eat | た 食 べまくる | eat to excess, gobble, pig out |
の 飲 む | drink | の 飲 みまくる | drink too much |
見つめる | look at | 見つめまくる | stare fixedly |
しゃべる | talk | しゃべりまくる | blather on about, talk to death |
あせる | be flustered | あせりまくる | panic |
Notice how in each case, the English translation is quite vivid and colloquial, and the Japanese conveys an equivalent sense.
Historically まくる was written as
まく
捲
る, but since 捲 is a Jinmeiyo kanji rather than a Joyo, this is increasingly uncommon. Note that the right side of 捲 exists in a slightly different form as the Joyo kanji 巻, to roll up.Kanji used in this grammar
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