"maru" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Japanese 円, 丸 (まる, maru, “circle”, also a suffix for ship names).",
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        "(prepositive or postpositive) A suffix of Japanese ship names."
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        "A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/."
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        "(colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/."
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          "word": "handakuten"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɑːɹuː/",
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        "UK"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈmaɹuː/",
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɑɹu/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːɹuː"
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          "。",
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɑːɹuː/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaɹuː/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɑɹu/",
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːɹuː"
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