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ひのまる

Meanings

Noun

1. outline of the Sun (esp. represented as a red circle)

2. the Japanese flag

Alt. forms

日ひの丸まる

Pitch accent

ひ

のまる

Composed of

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

ひのまるのはた

flag with a red circle on a white background; the Japanese flag

ひのまるべんとう

hinomaru bento (contains plain white rice with a single red umeboshi on top)

おやかたひのまる

attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees