丸

まる

Also written マル, 円

Meanings

1. Noun circle See also: ○ (まる).
2. Noun, Noun prefix entirety; whole; full; complete
3. Noun money; dough; moola
4. enclosure inside a castle's walls (esp. 丸)
5. soft-shelled turtle See also: すっぽん.
6. Suffix suffix for ship names; suffix for names of people (esp. infants); suffix for names of swords, armour, musical instruments, etc.; suffix for names of dogs, horses, etc. (esp. 丸) See also: まろ.

Kanji

• 丸 round. Read as まる.

Example sentences

• 九月で彼女と知り合ってまる一年経つことになる。
  By September I will have known her for a whole year.
• まる１週間働いたので日曜日はのんびりしました。
  After working all week, we took it easy on Sunday.
• 健康を取り戻すのに丸一年かかった。
  It took me a whole year to recover my health.
• 今夜とまるところがないんだ。
  I have no place to sleep tonight.
• 彼はまる一日外出することがよくある。
  He will often go out for the whole day.

Common phrases

• 赤い丸
• 丸を作る
• 丸に入る
• 丸で囲う
• 青い丸
• 丸を付ける (まるをつける) to mark a correct answer with a circle

Words containing 丸

• 丸い (まるい) round
• 本丸 (ほんまる) inner citadel
• 丸ごと (まるごと) in its entirety

And 167 more.

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