"maru" meaning in English

See maru in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɑːɹuː/ [UK], /ˈmaɹuː/ [UK], /ˈmɑɹu/ [US] Forms: marus [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːɹuː Etymology: From Japanese 丸(まる) (maru, “circle; suffix used for ship names”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|丸|まる|circle; suffix used for ship names}} 丸(まる) (maru, “circle; suffix used for ship names”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} maru (plural marus)
  1. (prepositive or postpositive) A suffix of Japanese ship names. Categories (topical): Orthography
    Sense id: en-maru-en-noun-n~ibGnXx Disambiguation of Orthography: 16 37 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 48
  2. (colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Orthography Synonyms: handakuten
    Sense id: en-maru-en-noun-QLATvFDy Disambiguation of Orthography: 16 37 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 48
  3. A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text. Categories (topical): Diacritical marks, Orthography, Punctuation marks
    Sense id: en-maru-en-noun-LbEsQBSd Disambiguation of Diacritical marks: 14 38 48 Disambiguation of Orthography: 16 37 46 Disambiguation of Punctuation marks: 13 27 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 41 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Kobayashi Maru Coordinate_terms: nigori

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nigori"
    }
  ],
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      "word": "Kobayashi Maru"
    }
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        "1": "丸",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Japanese 丸(まる) (maru, “circle; suffix used for ship names”).",
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    {
      "form": "marus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 41 48",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "text": "the Nippon Maru",
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        }
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        "A suffix of Japanese 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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        [
          "゜",
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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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      ]
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        [
          "。",
          "。#Japanese"
        ],
        [
          "full stop",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑːɹuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaɹuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑɹu/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːɹuː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maru"
}
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    "English lemmas",
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    "English terms derived from Japanese",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːɹuː",
    "Rhymes:English/ɑːɹuː/2 syllables",
    "en:Diacritical marks",
    "en:Orthography",
    "en:Punctuation marks"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "nigori"
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Japanese 丸(まる) (maru, “circle; suffix used for ship names”).",
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    {
      "form": "marus",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "the Nippon Maru",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A suffix of Japanese ship names."
      ],
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        ]
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        "(prepositive or postpositive) A suffix of Japanese ship names."
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English colloquialisms"
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        "A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/."
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          "diacritic"
        ],
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          "゜",
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(colloquial) A semi-voiced diacritic (゜) used with Japanese kana to change a /h/ to a /p/."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "handakuten"
        }
      ],
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    },
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        "A large, circular punctuation mark (。) used as a full stop in Japanese text."
      ],
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        ],
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          "。",
          "。#Japanese"
        ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈmɑːɹuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmaɹuː/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmɑɹu/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːɹuː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maru"
}

Download raw JSONL data for maru meaning in English (2.1kB)

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