"まるい" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Japanese]

IPA: [ma̠ɾɯ̟i]
Etymology: From classical まろし (maroshi). Compare わるい (warui) < わろし (waroshi). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|まろし}} まろし (maroshi), {{ja-r|わるい}} わるい (warui), {{ja-r|わろし}} わろし (waroshi) Head templates: {{ja-adj|infl=i}} まるい • (marui) -i (adverbial まるく (maruku)) Forms: marui [romanization], まるく [adverbial], no-table-tags [table-tags], まるかろ [imperfective, stem], marukaro [imperfective, stem], まるく [continuative, stem], maruku [continuative, stem], まるい [stem, terminative], marui [stem, terminative], まるい [attributive, stem], marui [attributive, stem], まるけれ [hypothetical, stem], marukere [hypothetical, stem], まるかれ [imperative, stem], marukare [imperative, stem], まるくない [informal, negative], maruku nai [informal, negative], まるかった [informal, past], marukatta [informal, past], まるくなかった [informal, negative, past], maruku nakatta [informal, negative, past], まるいです [formal], marui desu [formal], まるくないです [formal, negative], maruku nai desu [formal, negative], まるかったです [formal, past], marukatta desu [formal, past], まるくなかったです [formal, negative, past], maruku nakatta desu [formal, negative, past], まるくて [conjunctive], marukute [conjunctive], まるければ [conditional], marukereba [conditional], まるかったら [conditional, past], marukattara [conditional, past], まるかろう [volitional], marukarō [volitional], まるく [adverbial], maruku [adverbial], まるさ [noun-from-adj], marusa [noun-from-adj], 丸い [alternative, kanji], 円い [alternative, kanji]
  1. round, circular
    Sense id: en-まるい-ja-adj-tWjPHwR8 Categories (other): Geometry Disambiguation of Geometry: 88 12
  2. (of a person) with a gentle personality
    Sense id: en-まるい-ja-adj-HrYtHO2B Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō), Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 15 85 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with Heiban pitch accent (Tōkyō): 0 100 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 丸々 (marumaru) (ruby: (まる), (まる)), (maru) (ruby: (まる)), 丸める (marumeru) (ruby: (まる)), 丸まる (marumaru) (ruby: (まる))

Alternative forms

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      "form": "marui desu",
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      "form": "まるかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "form": "marukarō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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      "form": "まるく",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "maruku",
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        "adverbial"
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      "ipa": "[ma̠ɾɯ̟i]"
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      "form": "まるかれ",
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      "form": "まるくない",
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      "form": "まるいです",
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    {
      "form": "marui desu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "まるくないです",
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "maruku nai desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
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        "formal",
        "past"
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "まるかろう",
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    {
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      "form": "丸い",
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    {
      "ipa": "[ma̠ɾɯ̟i]"
    },
    {
      "other": "まるい"
    }
  ],
  "word": "まるい"
}

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