Word of the day:

捲る
まくる
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves)

For example, if someone is stirring a giant soup in the kitchen, and you think they're gonna get their sleeves covered in soup, then you could say:

そで捲ったほうがいいよ。
そで　まくった　ほう　が　いい　よ。
You should roll up your sleeves.
Literally: "sleeves + should roll up + よ."

The English says "roll up," but the nuance of 捲る isn't really "roll (tightly)," as that would be 巻く (まく), but rather "turn up."

捲る／巻く
まくる／まく
to turn up／to wind; to roll; to coil

We see this 巻く in the word 巻き寿司 (まきずし // rolled sushi). We just call them rolls:

Let's not confuse that with "rolling up" our sleeves, which uses 捲る (まくる)：

Or maybe I should say, "Let's pretend we're not confused." Because I think I am. Confused, that is.

And since we're already confused, here's an example that I would have translated wrong without Rei's help:

布団を捲ったら猫がいた。
ふとん　を　まくったら　ねこ　が　いた。
When I pulled back the comforter, the cat was in it!
Literally: "futon + を + when turned up + cat + が + there was."
Note: This is grossly confusing, but this "futon" is actually referring to 掛け布団 (かけぶとん), a "comforter" or "bed cover." It's not referring to the 布団 (ふとん) that you sleep on top of, which is a Japanese-style mattress laid on the floor. I almost wrote "turned down" instead of "pulled back," but that sounded a little too formal to me.

So, not the bottom part of this image; rather; the fluffy comforter in the middle:

On a strange side note, the word 捲る (めくる), which I often just see written in hiragana, means to "turn over," and it's used for "turning" the pages of a book:

ページをめくる
ページ　を　めくる
to turn a page

Once again, that's めくる, not まくる.

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Anyways, all that confusing stuff aside, today's lesson looks at what happens when we put ～まくる onto the end of the masu-stem of a verb:

VERB's masu-stem + ～まくる
＝
VERB like crazy; VERB with reckless abandon

I have no idea why it means that, but it does. Examples below.

VERB:
働く（はたらく // to work）
後悔する（こうかいする // to regret）
飲む（のむ // to drink）
見る（みる // to watch; to see）
走る（はしる // to run）
嘘をつく（うそをつく // to tell a lie）
吐く（はく // to throw up; to spit）

Masu-Stems:
働き～（はたらき）
後悔し～（こうかいし）
飲み～（のみ）
見～（み）
走り～（はしり）
嘘をつき～（うそをつき）
吐き～（はき）

VERB-ing Like Crazy:
働きまくる（はたらきまくる // work like crazy）
後悔しまくる（こうかいしまくる // regret like crazy）
飲みまくる（のみまくる // drink like crazy）
見まくる（みまくる // watch like crazy）
走りまくる（はしりまくる // run like crazy）
嘘をつきまくる（うそをつきまくる // lie like crazy）
吐きまくる（はきまくる // throw up like crazy）

Got the structure down?

If so, let's look at some full sentences!

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今年は働きまくりの１年だった。
ことし　は　はたらきまくり　の　いちねん　だった。
I was working like crazy all year this year.
Literally: "this year + は + work like crazy + の + one year + was."

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顔にタトゥー入れたこと、後悔しまくり。
かお　に　タトゥー　いれた　こと、 こうかい　しまくり。
I really, really regret getting a tattoo on my face.
Literally: "face + に + tattoo + inserted + thing, + regret + doing like crazy."

Speaking of tattoos, Japanese people are pretty closed-minded about them. Some of my friends that have tattoos have had to deal with some fairly annoying treatment. I can't speak from experience, though, as I don't have them myself. Mostly because (1) I'm afraid of my mom and (2) I change my mind way too often to even get close to picking a good one.

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「ビール飲みまくりダイエット」とか無いかなー。
「ビール　のみまくり　ダイエット」 とか　ない　かなー。
I wonder if there's a "drink like crazy" diet or something (because that'd be great).
Literally: "beer + drink like crazy + diet + とか + is not + かなー."

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週末は家でドラマ見まくるつもり。
しゅうまつ　は　いえ　で　ドラマ　みまくる　つもり。
This weekend I'm planning to binge-watch dramas at home.
Literally: "weekend + は + home + で + TV dramas + watch like crazy + intention."

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毎日走りまくって１０キロ痩せた！
まいにち　はしりまくって　じゅっ　キロ　やせた！
I ran like a mad person every day, and I lost ten kilos!
Literally: "every day + run like crazy (and) + ten kilos + thinned."

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嘘をつきまくったせいで友達がいなくなった。
うそ　を　つきまくった　せい　で　ともだち　が　いなく　なった。
I kept lying so much that I lost all of my friends.
Literally: "told lies like crazy + fault + で + friends + が + are not + became."

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A:
今何してる？
いま　なに　してる？
What are you up to?
Literally: "now + what + are doing?"

B:
二日酔いで吐きまくってる。
ふつかよい　で　はきまくってる。
Puking my brains out because I'm so hungover.
Literally: "hangover + で + puking like crazy."

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That's all for today. Hope you're studying like crazy!