マル
Meanings
Noun
1. circle
2. entirety; whole; full; complete
3. money; dough; moola
4. enclosure inside a castle's walls
esp. 丸
5. soft-shelled turtle
Suffix
6. 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
Pitch accent
Top 42500
Used in vocabulary (127 in total)
confidential; secret; classified
bedpan; chamber pot; potty
rounded handwriting
yakuza group
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
round tray
yakuza group
Cyathea mertensiana (species of tree fern)
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle); the Japanese flag
boiling something whole (e.g. vegetable, fish); cooking something whole
Hōō Maru (Western-style Japanese frigate, launched in 1853)
biker gang
rounding
bumblebee (Bombus sp.); bumble bee
carpet beetle (Anthrenus verbasci)
bisected-circle seal
komaru (type of playing cards)
braiding stand with a circular top
round back (book spine)
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
perfect circle; cute
unarmed; without weapons
whole roast (e.g. pig, turkey, etc.)
monopolizing; monopolising; monopolization; monopolisation
round hole
official price
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
being stark-naked; having no possessions; losing all one's belongings
black spot; black dot; bull's-eye; middle dot; interpunct
small castle projecting from a larger castle; tower projecting from a larger castle
tax-free small-sum savings system (often used by the elderly and the disabled); non-tax plan for small savings
in its entirety; whole; wholly
round shape; circle; circular form
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
full view; plain sight; completely visible
the whole day; all the day
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
inner citadel; core; center; centre
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
encircled flower seal (equiv. of a gold star awarded to children for good work at school)
swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing; taking something in without fully understanding it; accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is
double circle (indicating "very good" on a piece of school work)
round frame glasses; round-lensed eyeglasses
complete ruin; collapse; losing (something) completely (e.g. face)
being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)
rote memorization (memorisation); rote learning; indiscriminate memorizing (memorising)
outer citadel
traditional married woman's hair style with an oval chignon on top; men's hairstyle (Edo period)
close-cropped head; bald hill
circular window; round window
round shield; buckler
confidential; secret; classified
confidential; secret; classified
dome; vaulted roof; cupola
the whole year; all the year
arched ceiling; vaulted ceiling; domed ceiling; circular ceiling
outermost region of the castle
boulder; cobble
light torso armour opening at the right, originally used for infantry combat; dō-maru
total fire loss; completely burned
copying in entirety (verbatim)
clear profit; great profit (without any investment)
rounded handwriting
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
washing a kimono (or futon, etc.) without taking it apart; laundering whole
yakuza group
log bridge
in its entirety; whole
round-necked (T-shirt)
circular saw; buzz saw
completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all
one-piece sash
round collar (of Western clothing)
round mirror
round bar (of metal, etc.)
completely financed; sponsored; under patronage
state of extreme rage
the whole week; all the week
parentheses; round brackets
parentheses; round brackets
cross in a circle
the whole month; all the month
whole night; all night
cylindrical paper lantern
reciter's book; complete set of books
plump; buxom; chubby
mapping pen
in its entirety; whole; wholly
full memorization; full memorisation
biker gang
biker gang
cut bamboo
round paper lantern
complete baldness
rustic work
Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)
number enclosed within a circle (symbol)
grindstone
gouge; scorper; scauper
the whole month; all the month
tax-free small-sum savings system (often used by the elderly and the disabled); non-tax plan for small savings
moneyed man
tax-free small-sum savings system (often used by the elderly and the disabled); non-tax plan for small savings
whole soybeans; unprocessed soybeans
round menko
citron (Citrus medica)
blue mackerel (Scomber australasicus)
banded krait (Bungarus fasciatus)
embossed venus (Venus toreuma)
softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)
African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Chinese box turtle (Cuora flavomarginata)
round steel bar
complete victory; clean record
complete defeat
circular knitting machine
I wish the same for myself
harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; (lit.) a round egg can be cut into a square
in a circle; amicably
Examples (3 in total)
Red circles on the map mark schools.
Julien wears round glasses, like John Lennon.
I bought this book at Maruzen Bookstore.