"まる" meaning in Japanese

See まる in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Classical Japanese む, following development of 下二段活用 (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower bigrade conjugation”) to 五段活用(ごだんかつよう) (godankatsuyō, “pentagrade conjugation”) verbs. Doublet of める. Etymology templates: {{derived|ja|ja-cla|む}} Classical Japanese む, {{ja-r|五段活用|ごだんかつよう|t=pentagrade conjugation}} 五段活用(ごだんかつよう) (godankatsuyō, “pentagrade conjugation”), {{doublet|ja|める}} Doublet of める Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix|type=1}} まる • (-maru) godan (stem まり (-mari), past まった (-matta)) Forms: まる godan [canonical], -maru [romanization], まり [stem], まった [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], まら [imperfective], -mara [imperfective], まり [continuative], -mari [continuative], まる [terminative], -maru [terminative], まる [attributive], -maru [attributive], まれ [hypothetical], -mare [hypothetical], まれ [imperative], -mare [imperative], まられる [passive], -marareru [passive], まらせる [causative], まらす [causative], -maraseru [causative], -marasu [causative], まれる [potential], -mareru [potential], まろう [volitional], -marō [volitional], まらない [negative], -maranai [negative], まらず [continuative, negative], -marazu [continuative, negative], まります [formal], -marimasu [formal], まった [perfective], -matta [perfective], まって [conjunctive], -matte [conjunctive], まれば [conditional, hypothetical], -mareba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. Forms intransitive 五段活用(ごだんかつよう) (godankatsuyō, “pentagrade conjugation”) verbs from i-adjective roots, denoting becoming that adjective; -ify, -en. Tags: morpheme Derived forms: 暖まる (atatamaru) (ruby: (あたた)), あらたまる (aratamaru), 深まる (fukamaru) (ruby: (ふか)), はやまる (hayamaru), 固まる (katamaru) (ruby: (かた)), 薄まる (usumaru) (ruby: (うす)), 高まる (takamaru) (ruby: (たか)), 緩まる (yurumaru) (ruby: (ゆる)), 弱まる (yowamaru) (ruby: (よわ)) Related terms: める, ,

Alternative forms

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          "text": "はやい (“fast”) -> はやまる (to hasten, speed up (intransitive))"
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  "word": "まる"
}

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