"まるい" meaning in Japanese

See まるい in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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)) Inflection templates: {{ja-adj-infl|adverbial=く|attributive=い|conditional=ければ|conjunctive=くて|continuative=く|degree=さ|formal=い です|formal_negative=く ない です|formal_negative_past=く なかった です|formal_past=かった です|hypothetical=けれ|imperative=かれ|imperfective=かろ|informal_negative=く ない|informal_negative_past=く なかった|informal_past=かった|kana=|lemma=まる|provisional=かったら|terminal=い|volitional=かろう}} 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]
  1. round; circular
    Sense id: en-まるい-ja-adj-Ageyt7Uz Categories (other): Geometry Disambiguation of Geometry: 93 7
  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 non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 17 83 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 23 77 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100

Alternative forms

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      "form": "まるいです",
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      "form": "marui desu",
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    {
      "form": "まるくないです",
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      "form": "maruku nai desu",
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      "form": "まるくて",
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      "form": "marukute",
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      "form": "まるければ",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "marukereba",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "marukattara",
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    {
      "form": "まるかろう",
      "source": "inflection",
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      "form": "marukarō",
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}

Download raw JSONL data for まるい meaning in Japanese (5.3kB)

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  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "まるい",
  "trace": ""
}

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