noun
trilled pronunciation; rolling one's r's
Refers to the alveolar trill or similar rolled 'r' sound, often associated with certain dialects, foreign languages, or stylistic speech.
彼は巻き舌でイタリア語を話す。
He speaks Italian with a rolled 'r'.
巻き舌がうまくできない。
I can't roll my r's well.
An idiom meaning 'to be astonished' or 'to marvel at', literally 'to roll one's tongue'; not directly related to the pronunciation technique.
Compound of 巻き (maki, 'rolling') + 舌 (shita, 'tongue'), with rendaku voicing of した to じた.